Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 223-015 Date: Sunday, October 22, 1972 at 12:22 AM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr. Recording device: Camp David Hard Wire Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/223-015 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:01] I thought that, uh, if you would, uh, you know, I said, if he wants to go there, you know, uh, that's broken. [0:24] What did he say? [0:24] No, he hasn't been rolling. [0:25] Yeah, yeah, yeah. [0:25] Okay, that's good. [0:26] Well, since you've taken that, let's see what our thinking is that... [0:27] We can't get sucked into this now. [0:37] We haven't broken off from each other. [0:39] It's better, and that's that. [0:47] I mean, it's better because now this thing makes it a whole. [0:49] I just want to run home. [0:50] You know what? [0:51] That's what we do. [0:51] The reason I don't want to leave is not because of the goddamn enemy. [0:53] The reason I don't want to leave is because it might hurt us. [0:58] I don't know how to say that word. [1:04] I said cannot be a factor.