Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 282-027
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 1971 at 5:20 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/282-027

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[0:02] The AP's going to move the bulletin that reports and informs some of the sources today, saying the president's on the verge of nominating them.
[0:16] They say he's probably going to move them tomorrow.
[0:19] Totally loose on it.
[0:19] I'd let them think that's what's going to happen.
[0:25] In other words, the way I handle it, the briefing this morning, you do it tomorrow, you do it next week.
[0:30] I would...
[0:31] I believe that we may have an announcement tomorrow, but I can't be sure.
[0:34] But I'm not going to say that.
[0:36] I'm just going to leave it loose.
[0:38] Possibly this week.
[0:41] I'm not going to shoot this report down.
[0:42] Don't shoot it down.
[0:43] But I'm not going to... What?
[0:43] I'm not going to shoot it down.
[0:46] I'll just leave it there.
[0:47] Right.
[0:47] You say, well, I... You're okay.
[0:49] Just let it be off on that tractor.
[0:56] Well...
[0:59] I'll let you know as soon as we're working on it.
[1:01] I'm practically working on it today.
[1:06] I'll leave them on that.
[1:07] I want them to be on that trail, Ron, so I can leave it if you can, a little on that trail if you can.
[1:09] I'd like to have a service.
[1:10] Let the Times, the New York Times, indicate the approval of those two.
[1:14] I hate to be done, but we're on a quarter of a century.
[1:27] I talked to the Attorney General this morning after our discussion.
[1:29] You may do it this week.
[1:31] You may not.
[1:31] The announcement, although I didn't refer to the list of six, may come to this room this evening.
[1:39] It may not.
[1:39] In other words, it's totally money, but in a positive way.
[1:45] Well, you're going to keep your credibility.
[1:46] I was thinking of somebody else.
[1:47] One of our running leaders around here.
[2:01] Don't you do it.
[2:01] I want you to do it.
[2:02] No, I'll do it.
[2:02] You've got to do exactly what we need to do.
[2:05] And we can go anywhere we want.
[2:12] That's exactly what we're going to do, right?
[2:14] However, if you did, if I went to Marble, if you went to Marble, it would surprise the hell out of me.
[2:22] Marble?
[2:22] Well, because, you know, after putting the train down, he left it loose.
[2:26] But in moving it a little loose, referring to the fact that you thought the ADA report was going to come in over the weekend.
[2:37] It didn't come in today.
[2:38] It didn't come in today.
[2:39] They feel somewhat deflected from what's going to be tomorrow, what's going to be earlier, what's going to be Friday.
[2:45] Well, you can say at this moment we still don't have the ADA report.
[2:51] Why should I say that?
[2:52] Well, that would be a good thing you could accurately say.
[2:54] Well, I just talked to the president.
[2:55] And I can also say you have made a decision?
[2:58] Yeah, you can say that until he gets the ADA report, he has not made a decision.
[3:07] All right.
[3:09] President, I just thought I would say at 5.30, just before I come over here, gentlemen, that we have not yet received the ADA report.
[3:20] Just, that's all you see.
[3:21] That's your leave for today.
[3:22] Okay.
[3:22] See my point?
[3:22] Yes, sir.
[3:22] And therefore, yeah.