Conversation 226-006

TapeTape 226StartFriday, November 17, 1972 at 12:40 PMEndFriday, November 17, 1972 at 12:43 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording deviceCamp David Hard Wire

On November 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:40 pm to 12:43 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 226-006 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 226-6

Date: November 17, 1972
Time: 12:40 pm - 12:43 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

[See Conversation No. 153-39]
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Hello.
Did you get the announcement for Ziegler?
Yeah.
What's that?
Ziegler isn't here.
Did he drop the bill?
Yeah.
Oh yeah, yeah.
Well, he left, yeah.
Yeah.
What is the problem?
Well, he's wrong about that.
I'm going to hire each one of them myself.
That's the point.
And I don't mean it's that way.
I'm sure that I did this.
I hope he understands.
He's not going to hire them.
I'm going to call them all myself.
Well, the point is, there's a little question.
We've got to get the thing here.
We're not going to change it on and on.
Oh, that's right.
I know you can't because
Yeah, the point is.
That's right, that's right, that's right, that's right.
Yeah, okay, fine, fine, fine.
Yeah, I know.
Yeah, that's right, you get the announcement done and so forth.
Exactly, exactly.
As a matter of fact, I don't know if you have to do it, do it, do it.
There must be a cut-off.
I don't know if all of us are doing it wrong.
Or you can just say, say, I understand that this is the first.
But we will say nothing about that second.
We'll have no appointment at the end of the week.
There will be a re-organization of the plan.
Okay, good.