Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 243-012
Date: Saturday, February 24, 1973 at 6:10 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: Camp David Hard Wire
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/243-012

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[0:02] In New York?
[0:19] Yeah.
[0:23] Well, how do you find things up there?
[0:28] Well, I was really so, frankly...
[0:32] It was great, but I mean, at times to do that, you know, by this old Hirsch is a son of a bitch.
[0:49] You know, he's probably a communist agent.
[0:54] And I just thought it was shocking that New York Times would run that.
[0:58] What do you think?
[0:59] I mean...
[1:00] He was beating it, having it right out of the full cloth.
[1:05] But didn't you really think the POWs did well?
[1:09] They smashed it, didn't they?
[1:17] Perfect.
[1:26] Bill Hurst had told me about it, I saw him yesterday.
[1:32] Tell me about China.
[1:40] Well, we'll take it in together.
[1:43] What a situation with regard to, I think, our Laos camp.
[1:51] The strike seemed to have been quite effective, wasn't it?
[2:06] Uh-huh.
[2:10] That's good.
[2:12] Well, I'll tell you, that's the only thing that we, you know, I'll be how it is.
[2:16] We, we, and it's not, we get away with these.
[2:19] I mean, it's the network people try to whine and bitch around or a bit, but nobody cares.
[2:24] I don't give one damn.
[2:27] But if you know one of those executives, you, you, they don't care.
[2:31] They don't care.
[2:32] because really the last time they all basically got off the land, we saw it all.
[2:54] Now this time they're rather wandering off the land.
[2:55] Oh, yes.
[2:56] Oh, good, good.
[3:13] Well, we can... You're going to meet tomorrow, and I'll always be polite.
[3:32] You don't know what went on with their meeting in Staten Island.
[3:35] Well, their line couldn't possibly be harder than the Israelis' line.
[3:37] I mean, the Israelis, Henry, you've got to realize, haven't budged even a third of an inch.
[3:41] These people at least have said they'll recognize, you know, they'll make a peace treaty.
[3:56] Yeah, I know, I know.
[3:57] But being objective, the Israelis haven't moved.
[4:01] And they're being objective.
[4:04] I mean, the way they've handled this airplane thing is just, I mean, it's worse than the way Laird handled the bombing of that goddamn French embassy.
[4:10] Unbelievable.
[4:24] I know.
[4:27] Well, that's right.
[4:32] Yeah.
[4:32] All right, I understand.
[4:34] Well, that's their deal this year, and then it's next year ours, but this is our year to really do something, so...
[4:40] Okay, well, hope you enjoy it.
[4:46] What are you going to say tonight?
[5:04] Is it a good one?
[5:05] That would be good.
[5:05] Okay.
[5:05] Okay, great.
[5:06] Give her our best, will you?
[5:08] Okay.
[5:08] Okay.