Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 036-046
Date: Monday, January 22, 1973 at 4:15 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-046

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:01] Yes, sir.
[0:01] Of course, it is particularly important to get this to the NSC crowd.
[0:04] Right.
[0:05] And I want you to call Haig and tell him I expect him to enforce it at the Pentagon.
[0:10] Okay.
[0:10] And then the... And then state, we can't do anything with them.
[0:17] The other thing is that... Yeah, you can tell Rogers.
[0:21] Tell Rogers.
[0:21] I'll call Rogers.
[0:22] Tell Rogers that I expect to be an absolute blackout on time because they have not...
[0:27] and they did it with malice, I've found.
[0:29] All right.
[0:30] They had knowledge beforehand.
[0:31] If you were to hit Erling, put him hard on it.
[0:33] I will.
[0:34] He used to take that whole goddamn domestic council, all the left-wingers in there, and shut their damn mouths.
[0:40] None of them.
[0:41] Everybody around here shults.
[0:43] All right.
[0:43] Is that clear?
[0:44] Yes, sir.