Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 157-030
Date: Saturday, December 9, 1972 at 4:00 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: Camp David Study Table
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-030

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[0:00] Mr. Haldeman.
[0:02] Yes, sir.
[0:02] Hi.
[0:03] Did you get a chance up to Bill yet?
[0:05] No, sir.
[0:06] I'll get him this evening, I think.
[0:07] Fine.
[0:08] Good.
[0:09] Incidentally, Hague is coming back, as you know.
[0:11] Right.
[0:12] And I'll see him tomorrow.
[0:14] He gets in, I don't know when, midnight tonight?
[0:17] No, about 2 or 3 in the morning, apparently.
[0:19] Well, then I'll either stay over and see him here or in there and go back to Washington.
[0:25] I don't know.
[0:26] We'll see the...
[0:28] supposed to be just as well to have him to come here to see me and then I'll go back with him.
[0:32] I've got to be back for Monday anyway.
[0:34] Yeah, either way.
[0:37] Good, good.
[0:39] Anything later from the Democrats?
[0:42] No, apparently that's the way it is.
[0:44] I mean, they're going to...
[0:46] Didn't throw her out, but have they elected her again?
[0:48] No, they don't have to.
[0:50] Oh, I see.
[0:51] You remember Connolly, but Connolly had the view that they had to have another vote.
[0:55] Well, yeah, he had the view that they might
[0:57] when they got the new committee take another vote or something but the new they have to add members to the committee and then he thought there might be some move then to put her out again or something he seemed to be a little vague as to what what they would do but didn't seem to want to take anything for granted until it was all over yeah when does the new committee come in uh right now i think they do that today oh i may be wrong that's i don't know i've been trying to find out and nobody seems to really know including conley
[1:27] Right.
[1:28] Right.
[1:28] But couldn't get a report.
[1:31] I talked to Ziegler a little about Julie, and he has a good point.
[1:34] He said rather than making her the sort of Connie's replacement, which might have just, you know, put her in as an assistant, you know what I mean, just with a sort of a, without portfolio, but with the clear understanding she's running things and have somebody like the Smith girl do the press so that she doesn't have to do it.
[1:53] And I agree I should pay her.
[1:55] but uh she'll just be a knockout she'll be a knockout she'll help us on pr and everything and just just you know she'll be good all the way around if she feels she has a job in the place there that'll she'll have more of a feeling we'll make it a job but we got to describe it something other than that we've given her the job connie's job i think i just i just wouldn't i don't know how you do that but anyway i think you both figure something out
[2:24] Okay.
[2:26] Fine.
[2:26] Good.
[2:27] Good.