Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 277-007
Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1971 at 12:24 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/277-007

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[13:32] Now, the way I want that, I want you to prepare this as you're working on this part, the second part of this.
[13:46] The state of today is aid in one form or another.
[13:50] I don't get what I care it is, or in Africa you don't need to give 25,000 to the ambassador.
[13:56] That's aid to blind countries.
[13:59] Okay.
[14:00] Okay.
[14:02] The United States were to cut off a few countries whose present leaders were not elected in a contested election.
[14:12] That, to some degree, means to Americans that we would have to cut off a few blank countries to get the money.
[14:20] Now, no, forget that to me.
[14:21] It's very easy.
[14:23] It's very easy.
[14:24] I should have thought of it earlier.
[14:26] Okay.