Conversation 214-036

TapeTape 214StartMonday, October 2, 1972 at 8:51 PMEndMonday, October 2, 1972 at 8:52 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Kissinger, Henry A.Recording deviceCamp David Hard Wire

On October 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:51 pm to 8:52 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 214-036 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 214-36

Date: October 2, 1972
Time: 8:51 pm - 8:52 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See Conversation No. 145-23]

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One thing I find I did not think, are you there?
Yeah.
I wanted you to be sure to get across the point that I had failed to point out that, uh... Me?
Me?
Yeah.
And now, and frankly, uh, that, uh, we have no election problems or anything else, that, uh, they've just got to assume that.
They've just got to, that, that we don't want that the president's mind played on all of him.
He won't.
but you must never underestimate what he's going to do.
You could say that, I think you see the idea that we talk softly, but don't underestimate it.
I just think you should say that.
You just didn't convey that to me, Todd.
Okay.
Okay, bye.