Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 190-017
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 1972 at 7:59 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: Camp David Hard Wire
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/190-017
National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/648452970 (NAID 648452970)

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[1:00:15] UNKNOWN: [unintelligible]
[1:00:33] NIXON: Bob, have you filled out the forms? Where's the tape?
[1:01:29] NIXON: Bob?
[1:01:32] HALDEMAN: [unintelligible]
[1:01:49] HALDEMAN: [unintelligible]
[1:01:52] NIXON: I thought Haldeman [unintelligible] I want to talk back to you [unintelligible]
[1:02:01] HALDEMAN: [unintelligible]
[1:02:12] NIXON: Yeah. What if we do that, we'd have to [unintelligible]
[1:02:22] HALDEMAN: [unintelligible]
[1:02:30] NIXON: No words about [unintelligible]
[1:02:33] HALDEMAN: Yeah. Yes.
[1:02:40] NIXON: How about the baby question back on that?
[1:02:47] HALDEMAN: [unintelligible]
[1:02:57] NIXON: He did, good. How about this thing? The China thing, you know [unintelligible]
[1:03:07] HALDEMAN: [unintelligible] that's what he's going to do, Mr. President.
[1:03:20] NIXON: Got to do that.
[1:03:47] HALDEMAN: [unintelligible]