Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 033-101
Date: Saturday, November 18, 1972 at 12:53 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-101

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[0:00] Uh, hello.
[0:02] Dr. Kisner, sir.
[0:03] There you are.
[0:03] Incidentally, I'm talking to Laird, uh, a couple things.
[0:08] He, uh, he's relaxed about Richardson, so I thought that'll work out.
[0:13] Oh, good.
[0:14] Uh, the second point that, uh, but more important, Laird said that, uh, talked about the amount of stuff we had out there.
[0:22] They have 500, for example, uh,
[0:26] extra helicopter engines, you know.
[0:29] He says, you just can't believe what we've stuffed into the place.
[0:34] And I'm just wondering if Laird might be the guy that we could send out there with a message to Garcia.
[0:42] No, Laird is a definite possibility.
[0:44] I thought that he could— Well, we shouldn't send anybody— No, no, nothing until you finish the agreement.
[0:50] Right.
[0:50] The agreement is finished.
[0:51] Laird goes out.
[0:51] Laird wants to cap his career, and he says,
[0:54] You know, he can be goddamn tough and stonewall it and say, look, I represent the military.
[0:59] I know the Congress.
[1:01] Bang.
[1:01] That's it.
[1:02] Now, either you come along here or we're going to go separate.
[1:06] You know, we just might do it.
[1:09] Well, we'll think about it.
[1:10] But it's a distinct possibility.
[1:12] I think Haig should go with him if that happens.
[1:14] Oh, by all means.
[1:15] By all means.
[1:17] But we'll have to see where we... You've got to see what comes out of it.
[1:21] Right, but I've thought of him as a possibility.
[1:24] Yeah.
[1:25] Okay, right.