Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 044-160
Date: Friday, April 13, 1973 at 9:04 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-160

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[0:00] Good morning after the dentist.
[0:03] Any time.
[0:04] Hello.
[0:04] Mr. President.
[0:06] Oh, Bill, I forgot to mention.
[0:08] Otto Passman said he felt he had to see me pretty soon.
[0:11] And I don't know what...
[0:14] I suppose it's on how the foreign aid's going to be handled.
[0:16] He favors loans rather than grants out there.
[0:20] I'm trying to get Henry Kissinger together with him.
[0:22] Otto leaves town today for a month.
[0:24] They're traveling somewhere overseas.
[0:27] And I think we'd get Henry to talk to him, at least on the phone, it might.
[0:30] Well, if Henry could, you might tell Henry to call him and tell him that we want to see him when he comes back and we won't make a decision until he comes back or something like that.
[0:42] Okay.
[0:42] Have you got a hold of Henry yet?
[0:43] No, not this morning.
[0:46] You want me to tell him to do that?
[0:48] Well, I can tell him that we should.
[0:49] You just tell Henry that Passman hit me last night and since Passman's leaving, he should call and let the president ask him to.
[0:56] check with this and that we'll give it some thought and not make a decision until he returns and then we'll be able to vet it out.
[1:03] Okay?
[1:04] Good.
[1:04] Sure will.
[1:05] All right.
[1:05] Thank you.