Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 132-027
Date: Thursday, May 18, 1972 at 12:00 AM
Participants: Beckman, Bill; [Unknown person(s)]
Recording device: Camp David Study Table
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/132-027

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[0:00] Go ahead, please.
[0:01] Beckman speaking, sir.
[0:02] Hey, you know what that means.
[0:03] All right, just keep talking.
[0:04] I want to try... What about you at now?
[0:09] Back in the study.
[0:10] Back in the study.
[0:11] Back in the study.
[0:12] Back in the what?
[0:13] Three?
[0:13] Four?
[0:17] Are you sure now?
[0:19] I don't know.
[0:20] I think it's bedroom three.
[0:22] I don't know what the hell it comes under on me.
[0:33] Yeah, I'll light the one off in the study right here, because they've got a stool up and everything on it.
[0:36] Okay, just a sec.
[0:37] Let me... Go ahead and light it off one time, then clear it.
[0:40] I'll clear it up here, and then he'll take and light it off again in a few minutes.
[0:46] Okay, you're going to hang on the phone here?
[0:49] Yeah.
[0:50] Okay.
[0:50] Thank you all.
[1:10] I don't know.
[1:40] You hear that?
[1:44] Yeah.
[1:45] Is that the right one?
[1:47] Uh, yeah, that's number three.
[1:50] Okay, hang on a minute.
[1:51] We'll call it.
[1:52] Now, kind of blow the smoke away.
[1:56] Blow the smoke away so we can play it.
[2:00] Just raise your hand.
[2:05] Okay, it's cleared up here.
[2:07] Okay.
[2:09] Try it, will that reach that?
[2:10] Yeah, it'll reach that.
[2:11] Okay, now have him try it.
[2:13] You want some more in it?
[2:15] Yeah.
[2:15] Okay, throw a little bit more in the truck.
[2:24] He's got a bomb.
[2:27] What?
[2:28] Is it going out?
[2:29] No, not yet.
[2:30] Not yet?
[2:30] Now, man, looks like it's smoking a bay up there.
[2:36] Keep smoking.
[2:38] Keep smoking.
[2:38] There it is.
[2:39] Okay, now it's going off.
[2:40] Okay, I've got one wire completely, completely disconnected.
[2:44] Okay, have him clear it again.
[2:47] Let me try it one more time.
[2:48] Okay, here.
[2:49] You only blinked here a couple times.
[2:52] Huh?
[2:52] Is it blinking now?
[2:53] No.
[2:55] It's not blinking now, is it, Joe?
[2:57] No.
[2:58] Okay.
[2:58] Do you want to try it again or what?
[3:03] No.
[3:03] No.
[3:07] One more time, Joey.
[3:08] He's getting pissed because he's wasting a fucking cigarette on you, Rodney.
[3:14] I'm telling you, he's getting a lot of nicotine.
[3:16] He's getting a lot of nicotine, Joe.
[3:23] The whole series is turning you on with the way you're going on.
[3:29] There it goes.
[3:30] You getting that?
[3:32] Yeah.
[3:33] All right, then.
[3:37] You want me to clear it?
[3:41] Yep.
[3:42] Yeah.
[3:45] It stopped.
[3:46] It did.
[3:47] Thank you.
[3:48] Is that all?
[3:49] Yeah, for right now.
[3:51] Okay.
[3:52] What are you guys doing?
[3:54] What do you think we're doing?
[3:57] You don't have the need to know.
[4:01] Oh.
[4:01] It's classified work that they're doing.
[4:05] Uh-huh.
[4:05] Sounds like a fish story to me.
[4:07] I'm going to tell you, you're a junior in 6th grade, so you don't need to know.
[4:14] Can you hear me over here?
[4:18] Okay, okay, okay