Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 269-008
Date: Monday, August 2, 1971 at 10:46 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/269-008

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[1:25:13] Well, let's, uh, know if you need to talk to him.
[1:25:15] Yeah.
[1:25:18] He's less at, uh, getting the subject chairman in and telling them what our plan is than a stupid idea.
[1:25:31] In other words, if we're going to tell them we can't say it, then we're going to come out with a court amendment that's no good.
[1:25:54] That may be helpful.
[1:26:21] That's a problem, but if you just start looking at it, and I must say, you've got the problem with all of them.
[1:26:37] It's not a special issue.
[1:26:55] He's an idiot.
[1:26:57] He's got flames on him, too.
[1:27:02] If you tell Harry about this, he's gonna have a good time.
[1:27:24] In fact, I had a point of time in here where I said, I'm sure that we're going to be honest with you, and it's fine for me to tell you something.
[1:27:32] We've decided to make a jump, and we're going to look at it, and we're going to all look at it, and we're going to look at it, and we're going to look at it.
[1:27:47] Getting on the division chapter is all.
[1:27:52] You might get hearing calls back at night.
[1:27:55] They don't hear you.
[1:27:57] But you know it's not the division that I know.
[1:28:02] So I know I'm supposed to be running.
[1:28:08] So I know I'm supposed to be running.
[1:28:11] So I know I'm supposed to be running.
[1:28:16] We'd like you to have a nice good afternoon, gentlemen.
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[1:28:44] Well, you might follow.