Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 277-003
Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1971 at 11:05 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/277-003

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[4:11] I probably would be questioning this.
[5:08] Apparently he has, according to John's conversation with the governor this morning, apparently the governor feels that there's an outside influence on the actions of the inmates.
[5:27] Oh, the person in order to bring a confrontation.
[5:30] That's a very good line to take.
[5:31] Don't let your little left-wingers out there liberals make you think it isn't.
[5:35] It's kind of like the more occurring...
[5:38] I don't think there's a question about it.
[5:45] No.
[5:46] What I want you to do is to simply say that the president is a dominant public official.
[6:23] He had a very hard decision, and the president doesn't believe him.
[6:30] I'm not going to discuss details, this is not the White House.
[6:43] We don't know to what degree the situation was deteriorating.
[6:47] The governor stayed in New York and was on the scene.
[6:49] The governor called and reported to us.
[6:51] After the morning call, I had a person I said, I didn't call her.
[6:58] After the action, I said, if we can play that game, we'll do it.
[7:01] Well, we don't do it.
[7:04] We don't do it.
[7:06] That's a statement.
[7:08] Okay, I want you to get your... Let's see, I'll just stay right on it, please.
[7:15] One other question.
[7:16] I don't see whether I can say it.
[7:18] I'll ask a question.
[7:47] I don't want to say that, and I'm going to do everything not to say that, but the question may come in such a way by, you know, a guy who's not going to say this, but he travels abroad and runs into this situation.
[8:18] It's a galvanized crew function.
[8:21] Oh, of course.
[8:21] It's described in Latin America, Peru, and Burma.
[8:27] I'm trying to move around a lot this program.
[8:57] I noticed the Time magazine name.
[9:52] I think that the idea that the president is a man who has to make a part of the city, right?
[10:03] Yes.