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Conversation 212-004

TapeTape 212StartTuesday, September 19, 1972 at 7:46 PMEndTuesday, September 19, 1972 at 8:10 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Colson, Charles W.Recording deviceCamp David Hard Wire
AudioNARA Description

On September 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 7:46 pm to 8:10 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 212-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 212-4

Date: September 19, 1972
Time: 7:46 pm - 8:10 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation no. 144-2; two items have been withdrawn from this conversation]
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Hello?
Did you get home?
Yeah, well, are you having dinner, I guess, huh?
That's good.
They'll have to serve.
We've got to carry hard on that.
Anybody who has deserted his country and served, I mean, he's got to pay the penalty.
Who's the word?
Penalty.
He doesn't, but he says that to us.
Yeah.
We've got to say that even when they're all home and the war is over, they've got to pay the penalty for having deserted their country.
The penalty.
That's right.
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