Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 029-011
Date: Friday, August 4, 1972 at 9:04 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-011

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:03] Thank you.
[0:05] Yes, sir.
[0:08] On this business of the...
[0:11] I'll just take a second here.
[0:13] On this business of the hides, I noticed something in the news summary on it where the House is, of course, voted on it, and I really want to know who the hell screwed that up.
[0:24] All right.
[0:24] You don't know which?
[0:25] It wasn't the Schultz office?
[0:27] No, I believe it was Commerce.
[0:28] But I'll find Peterson.
[0:30] Peterson, right.
[0:31] Well, as I told you, John, that might be a good trade-off, but it's a trade-off only if we can move before the Congress does something that forces tomorrow.
[0:39] All right.
[0:40] I'd hope you could get somebody on it right away.
[0:41] I just can't believe...
[0:43] What I mean is it moves in the way I think Schultz might not have been in because it moves in a more restrictive way.
[0:50] It keeps the hides in the United States.
[0:52] Right.
[0:53] It says you can't export them.
[0:55] Right.
[0:55] Well, in an effort to fight the domestic market.
[0:59] Yeah, in an effort basically to have more hides here.
[1:02] Right.
[1:02] To pull the price down.
[1:03] Right.
[1:04] But anyway, you see what I mean.
[1:07] I'll be back to you.
[1:07] All right.
[1:08] Let me know.
[1:08] Go ahead with the briefing.
[1:10] Right.