Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 251-046
Date: Thursday, April 29, 1971 at 7:27 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-046

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:01] Yeah.
[0:02] Yeah, hiya, Raina.
[0:05] Yeah.
[0:05] It's a while, thank you.
[0:09] How's the weather out there?
[0:11] Yeah.
[0:12] Yeah.
[0:13] Yeah.
[0:13] Yeah, she's a great fella.
[0:18] The main problem we have coming up is the POW problem.
[0:25] I know he's a communist from Australia.
[0:27] I know all about him, but my point is that means that they're planning with him, you see, so that we can therefore expect that probably will serve us.
[0:36] And when that offer surges, that's going to be the hardest one for us to leave them.
[0:43] You understand?
[0:44] We may have to go public with it, but that means that the time table for, huh?
[0:50] You mean our offer of C Spire and DOW?
[0:56] Yeah.
[0:58] You're talking, I don't know, what is the time you set for it now?
[1:03] What time are you offering it?
[1:06] That may be too late.
[1:08] It is, but we'll just have to go to something else.
[1:12] We may be put to the torch on this one.
[1:13] This is the hardest one.
[1:16] So the main thing is we've just got to hire people in line if we can until we get a chance at it.
[1:22] But it's very possible you're not going to get a chance at it.
[1:24] You just have to go the other roads.
[1:27] And then that means what we do is just service our own offer and let it go at that.
[1:33] It just may be we have to go to them and see if we...
[1:35] You see, he can't get run off.
[1:40] That's my point.
[1:41] Okay, thank you.
[1:43] We'll see.
[1:43] I hope not.
[1:44] Thank you.