Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 024-059
Date: Tuesday, May 9, 1972 at 12:56 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.)
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-059

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:01] Admiral Mora, returning your call.
[0:03] Who?
[0:04] Admiral Mora.
[0:05] Oh, yeah.
[0:06] All right.
[0:06] Yeah.
[0:07] There you are.
[0:07] Hello?
[0:09] Good morning, Mr. President.
[0:10] Well, I just wanted to tell you that now we depend on you to...
[0:14] to see that we don't flub this one.
[0:17] Yes, sir.
[0:19] And particularly zero in.
[0:21] Zero in.
[0:22] Don't go to these secondary targets.
[0:23] We're going to get those rail lines.
[0:25] We've got to get the POL as a secondary place, of course, the power plants and the airfields.
[0:33] But there's no damned excuse now because you have what the military has claimed it's never had before.
[0:39] You've got the authority to do it.
[0:42] Yes, sir.
[0:42] We're going to do it, Mr. President.
[0:45] I also want to tell you, I thought that was a magnificent...
[0:49] I appreciate it.
[0:50] I understand you called last night.
[0:52] I wrote you a little note this morning, but it was just... Well, thank you.
[0:55] And just stand up, did you do any good with Stennis?
[0:59] Yes, sir.
[1:00] I had Mr. Stennis and I had most of the Armed Services Committee this morning.
[1:06] Do you think you...
[1:07] We need Stennis if we can get him.
[1:10] Yes, sir.
[1:11] I think I can get him.
[1:13] I'm working on several, but I thought it might be a little hostile perhaps, but in fact my hearing this morning, which I was there about two hours and a half, was very good.
[1:25] Good.
[1:25] Very good.
[1:26] Good.
[1:26] All right now.
[1:27] Thank you, sir.
[1:28] You can depend on us.
[1:29] Carry on.
[1:30] Yes, sir.