Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 045-075
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 1973 at 12:59 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-075

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:01] Yes, sir, Steve, Bill.
[0:01] I think Bill Rogers, I'm afraid, is giving a lunch for, you might check to see if he isn't giving a lunch for the Chancellor.
[0:12] Then, before any decision is made on this, I want him to look at the language and work this out.
[0:18] All right, so I tell Garment that this is, that the President is really shocked.
[0:24] that he would have the bad judgment to have something as broad as this.
[0:28] Would you do that?
[0:29] All right, sir.
[0:29] Mr. President, looking further at the intent of this, this would not give the FBI access.
[0:36] Rather, it would protect those papers so they could not be removed.
[0:40] And the misleading thing was in... No, the hell with that.
[0:43] God damn them.
[0:44] They're not going to...
[0:45] These men are not defendants.
[0:47] These men are not defendants, and I'm not going to allow that.
[0:50] You understand?
[0:51] All right, sir.
[0:52] I know.
[0:53] And tell Garment I'm shocked and I am very disappointed in him.
[0:58] And give him that message immediately.
[1:00] All right, sir.
[1:01] Fine.