Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 037-009
Date: Wednesday, February 28, 1973 at 12:41 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Helms, Richard M.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-009

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:01] Mr. President, I have Richard Helm.
[0:05] Hello?
[0:05] I wanted you to know I took your materials with me to the residence, and I read them last night, and I think it's a brilliant job.
[0:13] Well, thank you, sir.
[0:14] I got some assistance from some fellows I have trusted.
[0:17] When I saw footnotes, I figured you had.
[0:19] Yeah.
[0:21] But the point is that it's a very, but it's thorough and incisive and very helpful, and we'll see what happens.
[0:29] I hope the lady has listened.
[0:36] I think, but at least it gives me some guidance as to which directions to push.
[0:42] Also, that's on that side of it.
[0:44] Then on the oil side of it, I can see.
[0:46] and see very clearly what you have in mind.
[0:48] Well, Mr. President, if it is of help to you, that's all I could possibly want.
[0:52] Right.
[0:53] The other paper, the less controversial one, if you want to turn that over to other people in the White House and align with me, the R one is fine.
[1:00] Yeah, well, I was going to raise that because I read that through.
[1:05] And I think those ideas are things that need to be, I'm not going to put it out, because good God, but we could have DeBone and those people take a look just to be sure.
[1:14] I have no objection to Henry seeing that one.
[1:16] The other one worries me.
[1:17] I know about the other one.
[1:18] Don't worry.
[1:19] That's just gone in my private file already.
[1:21] Right, sir.
[1:22] All right.
[1:22] And thank you very much for calling.
[1:23] It's great.
[1:24] Bye.