Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 212-004
Date: Tuesday, September 19, 1972 at 7:46 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
Recording device: Camp David Hard Wire
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/212-004

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:03] Did you get home?
[0:05] Yeah, well, are you having dinner, I guess, huh?
[0:27] That's good.
[0:27] They'll have to serve.
[0:30] We've got to carry hard on that.
[0:34] Anybody who has deserted his country and served, I mean, he's got to pay the penalty.
[0:39] Who's the word?
[0:42] Penalty.
[0:42] He doesn't, but he says that to us.
[0:48] Yeah.
[0:48] 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.
[1:00] The penalty.
[1:00] That's right.
[1:01] Try it Try it