Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 188-002
Date: Thursday, May 18, 1972 at 5:30 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: Camp David Hard Wire
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/188-002

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:02] Well, anything, uh, late news you know about?
[0:06] I talked to Walter and, uh, yeah.
[0:12] Is it all right?
[0:13] I mean, is he, he's not okay, or how do we do it?
[0:20] He's been a very old friend.
[0:29] Yeah.
[0:35] Yeah.
[0:37] Well, how do we then, how do we say that we're taking him because he's from Russia or anything?
[0:51] And, uh, yeah.
[0:56] That's a part of my party.
[0:58] Fine.
[1:06] and I wanted to go along and do, because, you know, for counsel and so forth.
[1:13] Good, good, good, good, good.
[1:17] And he also is an anti-Dennis, which I'm pretty sure he's going to do.
[1:22] The second point is that, talking to him about the other thing, my feeling is now that I will follow your plan and believe here about, you know, 9 o'clock.
[1:36] How would that be?
[1:38] Stop at Walter Reed, right?
[1:42] And then drive over there, drive over there, and then come back to Walter Reed and see the Secret Service and then go on in.
[1:51] Well, without telling anybody, we'll lay that on.
[1:53] I don't want to advertise, but I don't think we need to tell anybody to do that.
[2:02] Well, just say, well, tell the helicopter guy, I'm going to stop and see this, follow me.
[2:08] That's right, Secret Service man, right.
[2:10] But then, then, then, yeah.
[2:15] And then, and then, well, there's Secret Service out there anyways.
[2:21] We've got no problem in that respect.
[2:25] Do you mind if I?
[2:27] Secret Service and Holy Cross.
[2:30] So, ours, you know, 10 minutes in advance.
[2:38] Okay.