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Conversation 246-021

TapeTape 246StartWednesday, April 7, 1971 at 4:10 PMEndWednesday, April 7, 1971 at 4:30 PMTape start time04:10:00Tape end time04:14:02ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Kissinger, Henry A.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
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On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 246-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 246-021
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Date: April 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:10 pm and 4:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger
President’s forthcoming speech on Vietnam, April 7, 1971
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-Press copy
-President’s conversation with Rose Mary Woods
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-Kissinger’s conversation with John B. Connally
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Hi.
Uh, you'll, by the way, you can talk.
Yeah.
I, uh, was looking here for the last, uh, we've got too long, it's difficult, and Ted writes, uh, uh, it's about page 14, I imagine, of your, uh, uh, and I'm just wondering about striking the paragraph, I'm sure you can.
Yeah.
Yeah.
This question, have you got the section, that is why I have chartered the course tonight?
You got that?
That's why I've chartered the course, I've chartered the night.
And it's the way that we start to discuss for an hour on the word of God.
And the way that we repeat it.
You go on and say, it's the next paragraph that I may be.
You see, the Course, we've talked so much about everything being so hard.
The Course for the Fallen is not easy one, and I have to tell you, the Daily Test, the Vanguards, the Vengeance of all the rules of our spirit, has been a long and difficult trial for us.
Would you mind taking that up?
Why?
Because later on, I use law in the next program.
Or do you feel it adds something?
I just don't know.
We haven't really covered that.
Let's take our sentence up.
You can go directly into the next room.
There's no problem with that.
That's where you go.
You can easily go tear it apart, do I?
I'm sure you're nice and kind.
In other words, you're ending in a totally upbeat thing, rather than on a going back again over the fact that things are tough.
I just think that it's either
That makes it tough.
I talk about the boys that die.
Why don't we take this up?
Of course, we're following it.
And I told Rose to check it.
We've got to hold it.
But is she doing it or not?
Whoever is doing it, I think she's doing it.
It hasn't been given to them.
By God, it hasn't been given to them.
She does it.
That's only for a third of the time.
All right, take the paragraph out.
Of course, if you're following, it's not an easy one.
I just think let's keep it on an upbeat note as we go in there.
But you see, because of the conclusion, I've got a lot of, you know, business about sorrow there.
You know, people don't want to hear about sorrow.
It doesn't matter so much.
They want to hear something about it.
All right, fine.
And I will... You can call Rose and tell her to cut.
Of course we are following.
I've already alerted her.
I told her to hold the press conference when you called.
Of course we are following, son.
If he doesn't sound down, maybe I've got one guy that's going to sound up in the whole test.
You gave him the number.
How did he feel about it?
One egg, huh?
Here it is.
Okay.
West Coast.
How will he be informed then?
I have a threat of reaching, and I wait now until 7.30.
Fine.
Okay, take that paragraph out now.
Fine.
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