Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 050-008
Date: Friday, March 19, 1971 at 12:06 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia; Vinson, Joan; North, Carol; Plowman, Kathy; Crayton, Patsy; Powers, Iris; McManus, Mary Jane; Ford, Eldora; Moe, Alfred F.; Moe, Alfred F. (Mrs.); Buckley, Russ (Lt.); Nelson, Marianne; Resor, Stanley R.; Palmer, Bruce (Gen.); Jones, L. (Maj.); Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.); Ratliffe, Walter B. (Lt. Col.); Chafee, John H.; Zumwalt, Elmo R., Jr. (Adm.); Chapman, Leonard F. (Gen.); McLucas, John L. (Dr.); Davis, Russell (Mrs.); Davis, Russell (Lt.); Sieverts, Frank A.; Epes, H. H., Jr. (Adm.); Kegley, Milton (Col.); Brock, William E., III; Boland, Edward P.; Keating, William J.; Mazzoli, Romano L.; Michel, Robert H.; Myers, John T.; Nichols, William F. ("Bob"); Pelly, Thomas M.; Rogers, Paul G.; Shriver, Garner; Young, William J.; Zion, Roger H.; Dickinson, William L.; Hunt, Olive; Morin, Richard (Mrs.); Johnson, U. Alexis; Capen, Richard; Nixon, Richard M. (President); National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia; Vinson, Joan; North, Carol; Plowman, Kathy; Crayton, Patsy; Powers, Iris; McManus, Mary Jane; Ford, Eldora; Moe, Alfred F.; Moe, Alfred F. (Mrs.); Buckley, Russ (Lt.); Nelson, Marianne; Resor, Stanley R.; Palmer, Bruce (Gen.); Jones, L. (Maj.); Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.); Ratliffe, Walter B. (Lt. Col.); Chafee, John H.; Zumwalt, Elmo R., Jr. (Adm.); Chapman, Leonard F. (Gen.); McLucas, John L. (Dr.); Davis, Russell (Mrs.); Davis, Russell (Lt.); Sieverts, Frank A.; Epes, H. H., Jr. (Adm.); Kegley, Milton (Col.); Brock, William E., III; Boland, Edward P.; Keating, William J.; Mazzoli, Romano L.; Michel, Robert H.; Myers, John T.; Nichols, William F. ("Bob"); Pelly, Thomas M.; Rogers, Paul G.; Shriver, Garner; Young, William J.; Zion, Roger H.; Dickinson, William L.; Hunt, Olive; Morin, Richard (Mrs.); Johnson, U. Alexis; Capen, Richard
Recording device: Cabinet Room
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/050-008

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[3:04:48] I'd like to go back to George's comments.
[3:04:50] I think I'm running sharing because I've been out around the country, particularly in the West.
[3:04:55] Here I've gotten pretty bleak because two of my major constituencies, labor unions and minority groups,
[3:05:03] I have very good friends here in Washington, but Bob James is great.
[3:05:12] I had meetings with Los Angeles Times editorial board, supervisors of all counties in Southern California, and then a group of leading mayors.
[3:05:22] When you talk with them,