Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 040-090
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 1973 at 10:01 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-090

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:01] Mr. Ziegler.
[0:02] Yes, sir.
[0:03] Oh, Ron, I, uh, don't want to, you know, irritate you a little, but I just got a report from, uh, I have a couple of spies in the press room said that they've never seen them so infuriated because, uh, took attention off of Watergate.
[0:18] Was that their attitude?
[0:20] No.
[0:21] No.
[0:22] Okay, good.
[0:22] These guys may just have been reaching for something.
[0:25] I think they were.
[0:26] They were a little put out, though, weren't they?
[0:29] Well, they were surprised.
[0:31] They didn't want it taken off Watergate.
[0:34] Well, no, I didn't sense that, Mr. President.
[0:36] Really?
[0:37] No, no, not at all.
[0:39] There are a couple who float around, but nothing was said.
[0:42] I think the main reaction in the press over the last, really the last...
[0:48] Five days has been that they're starting to think about something else.
[0:51] Even guys like Norm Kempster of UPI, who's basically a shallow, liberal eunuch, said that he felt that the president took the right step.
[1:02] The main thing in all of this, it was a great presentation.
[1:06] The American people saw the president.
[1:08] in control taking so therefore the press is a hell of a time writing it otherwise don't that's that's right but well i just thought i could pass this on for you there was no there was no discussion even of watergate good good good good okay bye okay sir