Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 025-073
Date: Tuesday, June 20, 1972 at 10:51 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Morgan, Edward L.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-073

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[3:10:50] Could you get me Director Helms, please?
[3:10:53] Yes, Mr. President.
[3:10:56] Hello.
[3:10:56] Director Helms, Mr. President.
[3:10:59] Hello.
[3:11:00] Good morning, Mr. President.
[3:11:00] Dick, I just left President Echeverria.
[3:11:03] He took me aside.
[3:11:04] He doesn't speak much.
[3:11:05] I speak in English, but he says, I'm seeing Director Helms this afternoon.
[3:11:11] I said, good.
[3:11:11] I said, you can, you know, he has authorized it.
[3:11:19] directly to you from me.
[3:11:20] So you should tell him that I talked to you and so forth.
[3:11:23] I don't know what games we're playing there, but he's strong.
[3:11:27] He wants to play the right games.
[3:11:29] I had told him, I gave him a little fill in Russia and China.
[3:11:32] I said, no, we've had all these initiatives, but let me make one thing clear.
[3:11:35] I have no reason to believe that both nations are going to continue their support of subversion in other countries.
[3:11:42] I said, we have agreed on
[3:11:45] no overt confrontations in effect but i said this is what you've got to expect and i think uh so uh that's the way i sort of i we didn't go in any other domestic things he has but uh so uh well thank you very much sir i will uh we are dick walters is going with me and we're going to have about an hour's chat with him