Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 032-057
Date: Thursday, October 26, 1972 at 2:50 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-057

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[0:01] Yeah.
[0:01] Yes, sir.
[0:04] As Henry's preparing, I don't want to bother him, but to put this thought to him, a major point that I know has to be covered is this thing about the election thing, you know.
[0:13] Oh, absolutely.
[0:14] And apparently that didn't get across.
[0:16] No, well, there wasn't a good audience for that, but guys we can hit.
[0:21] You had too mixed a group in there to make the point that they were all timetable working on them.
[0:27] Yeah.
[0:28] That's right.
[0:28] That's the time.
[0:29] But I would put it, you've got to put it in words people understand, say, our interest is the right kind of peace, a peace that will last.
[0:36] Not the kind of peace we had after, we've been around this track in 1962 in the settlement on Laos.
[0:43] Did he make that point?
[0:44] Yes.
[0:45] Well, he said yes, that you had given him instructions.
[0:48] Yeah, but I mean, let me make the point to you.
[0:51] In Laos, we had a settlement.
[0:54] It was a, but however, it led to just a continued war.
[0:58] time, we want a peace that will last.
[1:00] In other words, and then you could say what the president says, our interest is not peace for the next election, but peace for the next generation.
[1:08] Right.
[1:09] I'm going to use that phrase.
[1:11] Good.
[1:11] Okay.
[1:12] Fine, Mr. President.