Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 045-041
Date: Monday, April 30, 1973 at 10:16 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-041

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:02] Hi.
[0:03] Hope I didn't let you down.
[0:04] No, sir.
[0:05] You got your points over and now you got it set right.
[0:09] Move on.
[0:11] You're right where you ought to be.
[0:14] Well, it was a tough thing for you and for John and the rest, but God damn it, I'm never going to discuss this son of a bitching Watergate thing again.
[0:22] Never, never, never, never.
[0:25] Don't you agree?
[0:25] Yes, sir.
[0:26] You've done it now.
[0:29] You've laid out your position.
[0:30] You've laid out your—taken your steps.
[0:32] You've put that— Interesting thing, you know, we haven't heard a—the only cabinet officer that is called—and this is fifty minutes after the thing is over—is Kap Weinberger, bless his soul.
[0:43] All the rest of you are waiting to see what the polls show.
[0:48] Goddamn strong cabinet, isn't it?
[0:50] You'd better check and be sure, because
[0:52] No, no, no.
[0:55] They know.
[0:56] They know.
[0:57] They know who to call.
[0:58] They know they can get through.
[1:00] But in any event, I just want you to know that Cap called and he was all the way.
[1:07] Good.
[1:07] But let me say you're a strong man, God damn it, and I love you.
[1:12] And I love John and all the rest.
[1:16] And by God, keep the faith.
[1:18] Keep the faith.
[1:18] You're going to win this, son of a bitch.
[1:20] Absolutely.
[1:21] You notice what I said about the violence and so forth on the other side?
[1:25] Yeah.
[1:25] I mean, there were some intricacies in this that only the sophisticates will understand.
[1:30] I got those, and I want to get the text because there's some things to work on from there.
[1:35] All right.
[1:36] I thought it was good, too, to sort of—
[1:39] on what I deeply felt, you know, the religious note, you know, God bless America.
[1:44] I mean, I'm sure it must have, you know, driven you up the wall.
[1:51] It didn't drive me up the wall, but I felt that way.
[1:53] No, I'm all for that.
[1:57] I completely agree.
[2:00] I don't know whether you can call and get any reactions and call me back, like the old style, would you mind?
[2:06] I don't think I can.
[2:07] I don't— No, I agree.
[2:08] I don't— I have an odd spot to try and do that.
[2:10] Don't call a goddamn soul, to hell with it.
[2:12] Let me just say, getting this call from me—from you,
[2:16] I haven't heard from any cabinet officer except Weinberger an hour afterwards, and thank God, and no staff member.
[2:24] Well, now what I know, the board said they were instructed not to put any calls through, so— The hell with that.
[2:29] I told them to put all the calls through.
[2:31] Well, that may be why you haven't gotten them, though, because that's— All right.
[2:34] —what you told me.
[2:35] I'll change it.
[2:36] I'll change it.
[2:37] All right.
[2:37] All right, but God bless you, boy.
[2:40] God bless you.
[2:41] I love you, as you know.
[2:43] Okay.
[2:43] Like my brother.
[2:45] Alright boy, keep the pace.
[2:48] Right.