Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 153-040 Date: Friday, November 17, 1972 at 12:44 PM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob") Recording device: Camp David Study Table Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-040 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:00] Yeah. [0:01] Mr. Haldeman? [0:02] Yeah. [0:02] There you are. [0:03] Hello. [0:04] One other thing that Henry raised, and we were talking with George on also, is on the Peterson point that... [0:11] A, the likelihood of his taking that isn't very good, and B, that there's no way realistically to combine an east-west trade responsibility, which has got to be based here with EEC, which has got to be based over there. [0:23] All right. [0:24] And he reopens the question of combining EEC and NATO so that you have one super ambassador in Europe. [0:30] All right. [0:30] Tell George to offer that. [0:32] Is that okay? [0:33] Tell George to offer that instead. [0:35] Right. [0:35] Okay. [0:36] Okay.