Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 250-025
Date: Friday, April 16, 1971 at 5:33 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/250-025

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[0:01] I've been talking to Henry, you know, I've been bugging him to be sure that he keeps scaling it for him, but I don't know whether he's doing it enough.
[0:08] He's got some ideas which are absolutely nuts.
[0:11] I mean, he wants to move it, and now he's going to throw all the division and rums and all that sort of thing there.
[0:18] We don't want to stir up the amount now, but he doesn't understand that, see.
[0:21] Somebody's got to talk to him about it, see.
[0:24] He's got to set a talk to.
[0:26] He's got to set a talk to, set a talk to.
[0:28] The way to do it,
[0:30] The way to do it is that you bring him and Henry in from the Iran Ministry.
[0:36] And Henry has gotten to sit there and talk to Schiskelli.
[0:39] Now, if he doesn't do it, because Schiskelli has said he'll do it, he's not able to do it, you see.
[0:45] But I managed to say, he feels it.
[0:48] Now, actually, if I go to China, then he wants to make more of it, which Henry said, and I said, well, that was my role.
[0:53] Well, I don't think we should trust you at this point.
[0:56] My own view is that that's a mistake.
[0:59] I think you're wrong.
[1:01] And that's what Scali sees, that we have not done enough.
[1:13] And Henry doesn't like to be reminded of the fact that by the art we have.
[1:26] So, but let me ask you to do this.
[1:30] I don't want to have to get in the middle of this and go, I don't want to have to sit here and have to go to everybody and go to all these things because I hear it more than anybody.
[1:43] It's valid and angry and wrong.
[1:45] There it is.
[1:45] And about this subject, I don't get a greater, I don't get it in Schultz, I don't get it in others, I don't know a goddamn thing about Ford Post, and I don't want that anymore.
[1:52] I don't want the competition, I don't care anymore.
[1:56] The question of something that's unaccomplished is a matter of .
[1:59] You know, meaning that this certain darkness was important.
[2:02] You know, as we walk through the day after day, you know, it's contrary to what there is for people of some kind in that relationship with God.
[2:11] And that first element of darkness, you know, you say, you know, there's cancer in that place.