Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 135-004
Date: Thursday, June 29, 1972 at 12:57 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Mitchell, John N.
Recording device: Camp David Study Table
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/135-004

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:01] Yes, sir.
[0:01] Well, any new developments today?
[0:04] No, just meeting with John Mitchell.
[0:06] Oh, fine.
[0:07] You're with him now?
[0:07] Yeah, uh-huh.
[0:08] Fine.
[0:08] Well, I'm going to come back about, be there about 2.30, and then I'll spend the rest of the time in the EOB.
[0:18] Okay, very good.
[0:19] And, well, the one thing that I was interested in on that John Mitchell, on this New Jersey thing, is I suppose that the prosecutor's a Republican, isn't he?
[0:30] Is the New Jersey prosecutor a Republican?
[0:31] Yeah.
[0:31] What should we do?
[0:35] Just no comment?
[0:36] What should the president do in his press conference?
[0:38] Just no comment?
[0:41] Yeah, no comment on a pending matter.
[0:43] Yeah.
[0:46] Too bad that they get involved in that.
[0:50] Yeah.
[0:52] It is a state prosecution, isn't it?
[0:53] No, it's federal.
[0:55] Oh, it's federal.
[0:55] There's a state prosecution also, apparently, Johnson.
[0:58] Oh.
[0:58] State and federal.
[1:00] They're both Republicans.
[1:01] They're both Republicans.
[1:06] Our cannibalism is showing again.
[1:08] Is that what he said?
[1:10] Yeah.
[1:10] I don't know.
[1:12] Well, anyway.
[1:12] We hope for the best.
[1:16] Yeah.
[1:18] Okay, fine.
[1:19] I'll call you later, bud.
[1:20] All right.