Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 027-050
Date: Tuesday, July 25, 1972 at 11:00 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Gallagher, Raymond A.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-050

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:00] It's Ray Gallagher, Mr. President.
[0:03] Hello?
[0:04] Yes, sir.
[0:05] Ray, I just called to tell you how much I appreciated your support, which I saw the news summary and so forth, and it's sure good to be on the same team with you.
[0:17] Well, I appreciate being on there.
[0:19] You know, a couple of fighters.
[0:21] I must say, though, when I saw what this fellow did,
[0:23] Your fellow South Dakota said about the POWs, where he said, just leave things in Thailand as a gesture.
[0:30] You know, we're dealing with these communists.
[0:33] Gestures, the only gesture they would understand is something that gets to them.
[0:38] Otherwise, they're just going to thumb their nose back and return.
[0:41] Well, they've been doing that.
[0:42] That's right.
[0:43] These fellows don't realize it's a constant effrontery.
[0:45] We've tried time and time again, and now we're doing what we should do.
[0:48] We're going to keep the pressure on, and there will be more of it if they don't turn them back.
[0:52] Oh, there's no question about that.
[0:54] I just got another statement out supporting your recommendation for Agnew.
[0:58] Right.
[0:59] Oh, good.
[0:59] And I think that's great.
[1:01] You like him, huh?
[1:02] Oh, I think he's talking people language.
[1:04] He uses a little better language than the people use.
[1:07] Okay.
[1:08] Well, it's sure good, and I must say that you'll be an enormous help.
[1:12] Be sure that everybody knows, particularly our Democratic friends, that I consider this to be a campaign that's not personal, it's not partisan, it involves the country, and we want them to come aboard on that basis, and everybody's going to be treated exactly that way.
[1:25] Well, that's great.
[1:26] Right.
[1:27] I hope we see you at the VFW convention.
[1:30] Okay.
[1:31] I'll do my best.
[1:31] I don't know what I can do.
[1:33] I've got to do the Legion this year because I didn't do them last year, but...
[1:36] If we don't, we'll get Agnew there.
[1:38] Yeah, I understand.
[1:40] He'll be a 10-strike, too.
[1:41] Right.
[1:41] Okay.
[1:42] All right, bye.
[1:43] Thanks.