Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 288-002
Date: Monday, October 11, 1971 at 9:26 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/288-002

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[1:29] Yeah.
[1:31] Yeah.
[1:31] How'd you get along with, uh, Johnson?
[1:33] Yeah.
[1:37] Oh, you're a Johnson boy.
[1:47] That's good.
[1:49] Keep him, uh, hop up a little.
[2:00] I don't plan to get into this, but our position is that what they say is considered one or two times.
[2:15] But the Russians have three boats in the United States.
[2:25] It's not an economic deal.
[2:26] Russia is trying to .
[2:30] That's pretty well .
[2:33] Let me ask you another thing.
[2:34] I just don't know the way out of it.
[2:36] It might have some question about whether we're going to fight in conference to get the burden and to leave.
[2:45] I do want to say no.
[2:55] Yeah, I think they're not good.
[3:03] I guess, yeah.
[3:06] I don't know if they want to get out of the forest, but I don't know if they want to get out of the forest.
[3:15] So that way I thought that was true.
[3:16] I think the best thing is to read the statement and not comment at all on the questions.
[3:23] I deal with it.
[3:24] If I go to a question, I go to comment and say what the significance of this is.
[3:30] Just let them figure it out.
[3:34] Thank you.
[3:39] Thank you.
[3:40] Thank you.
[3:43] Thank you.
[3:43] Thank you.
[3:44] Not that much of a pig.
[3:56] That's right.
[3:59] We just don't have to worry about it.
[4:13] We'll talk tomorrow, so if you're feeling like it, you're not going to have to send me a message.
[4:15] But then, if not, I can say to you, third, you're going to have to send me a message.
[4:19] I don't know if you can have Wednesday, but I'm going to take it.
[4:25] All right.
[4:28] I'm going to take it.
[4:31] I'm going to let Henry get out of that.
[4:32] I'm going to let him do it.
[4:35] All right.
[4:36] Bye.