Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 032-164
Date: Friday, November 3, 1972 at 9:38 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hatfield, Mark O.; Hatfield, Mark O. (Mrs.)
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-164

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[0:00] And to tell them that we're moving now towards the peace that we all want, and we need a vote of confidence right at this point.
[0:21] Well, I'll certainly do so, as I have been.
[0:34] Don't let them get discouraged about the negotiations.
[0:37] As we all know, while we've made the major breakthrough on the major items, we just want to be sure we get the details nailed down.
[0:45] That's right.
[0:46] And we're not going to do this for political purposes.
[0:48] But anyway, it's moving along.
[0:50] That's wonderful.
[0:51] Moving along, and we don't want to raise hopes, but I can assure you that we've made a major breakthrough.
[0:57] I said last night on TV.
[0:59] And I just want to congratulate you for it, because it's something that...
[1:03] I know it's
[1:03] Bothered a lot of people, but I'm going to make a foreign policy speech tomorrow covering other things in Vietnam on radio, and you may find it interesting.
[1:13] It'll be made for Saturday while I'm traveling around the country.