Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 36 › Conversation 036-118

Nixon phone call with Brennan on Patrick J. Buchanan and Anti-war movement

Tuesday, January 30, 1973 · 1:22 PM–1:23 PM ET · White House Telephone ·42 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Brennan, Peter J.Conversation036-118 onTape 36StartTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 1:22 PMEndTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 1:23 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-118 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consults with Patrick J. Buchanan regarding the manuscript for Buchanan's upcoming book. Nixon expresses strong disapproval of a passage describing the anti-war peace movement as possessing moral courage and conviction. Buchanan quickly agrees to remove the controversial language from the text, successfully satisfying the President's demand.

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First, I think you've done a fine job in this book.
I just want to ask you about one point at this time.
I was rather shocked to see, and I don't know whether it's your language or Henry's, that the peace movement contained men of conviction and great moral courage who sincerely believed in the rightness of what they were doing.
And I'm not going to put it in.
And who's insisting on that?
Nobody's insisting on that, sir.
Okay, it's not going in.
Okay.

NARA Description

On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan talked on the telephone from 1:22 pm to 1:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-118 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-118

Date: January 30, 1973
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                        (rev. Jul-08)

                                                             Conversation No. 36-118 (cont’d)

Time: 1:22 pm - 1:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See Conversation No. 406-10]

       Buchanan's book
            -Reference to Peace movement
                  -The President’s view
                  -Henry A. Kissinger

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-118, January 30, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-118 (accessed September 18, 2026).