Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 288-006
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 1971 at 8:30 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/288-006

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[8:00] Yeah, I was going to suggest something.
[8:01] I think you ought to cancel your trip to Chicago if you have any problems at all.
[8:03] What is it?
[8:03] The route you have to do or you would agree to or something, but... Yeah.
[8:07] Yeah.
[8:07] All right.
[8:08] Well, for God's sakes, it's just a difficult street.
[8:12] I could go out there and... Yeah.
[8:22] Yeah.
[8:22] Well, I...
[8:22] It's a hard trip, man.
[8:34] It's kind of a dinner, isn't it?
[8:34] Yeah.
[8:35] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[8:39] What I do is that we're by anyway.
[8:44] I mean, I'll leave this morning.
[8:45] It won't help.
[8:45] It won't help.
[8:46] Yeah, well, we've got to get her food.
[8:51] She doesn't want to do things.
[8:56] It's like our little boys, though, we have people that are just great and all of them are just fine.
[9:00] One of our guys, the staff, found a story that the bird was not really a possibility for development.
[9:09] Well, it's not.
[9:10] The point is that they don't realize the game.
[9:13] I mean, it isn't one of these ones.
[9:19] I haven't told him that he isn't.
[9:22] And also, I'm playing another game.
[9:24] I want to scare the hell out of him.
[9:25] See, it divides all of them.
[9:28] You can certainly see the play.
[9:30] Burdick is driving, you know, right on.
[9:33] It makes McGovern and all the Democrats take positions on whether he is, whether he is or not.
[9:39] Yeah, Adam, Adam, they are going to heaven, not them.
[9:41] So one of our little boys, I know, we say, oh, he's going to be the president of all of this book, and maybe we're going to appoint this conservative, all of the building practice, what, that only came later?
[9:52] You know, what in the name of good God Christ is the matter with people?
[9:57] What is the matter?
[9:59] They wonder why I don't tell the staff anything.
[10:01] Well, I'll tell you why I don't tell them, because, God damn it, they don't have any brains.
[10:03] Now, that's true.
[10:07] No judgment, no judgment.
[10:08] They're loyal.
[10:09] Whoever did this did it with loyalty.
[10:10] God damn it, they shouldn't have sent it.
[10:11] They started it.
[10:12] They heard a game I was playing here.
[10:14] You, well... Why, of course not.
[10:14] That's right.
[10:15] Let me tell you, you're going to be banned for racism.
[10:23] See what I mean?
[10:25] See what I mean?
[10:29] Well, I was going to ask you this.
[10:31] The only thing I see in the news is chilly section.
[10:34] Now, I want to take something.
[10:36] I'm very strong, and I really do.
[10:38] If you've got anything, you've got to prepare something tough to say to one.
[10:44] You saw what they did, or did you?
[10:50] Yeah.
[10:51] What can I say?
[10:53] Well, now let me say, I'll say something, I'm you, whatever it is, but I want you, I mean, I want you to have yours, get hate, the toughest son of a bitch you've got, and working with Conlon, and I want something done.
[11:05] I'm not going to have Meyer screw this one up.
[11:07] It's time to kick Chili in the ass.
[11:10] Now, is that clear?
[11:15] Yeah.
[11:19] Yeah.
[11:19] Now, what is our option?
[11:21] Can you have a paper over to him here?
[11:24] Yes.
[11:25] Well, I did the paper, but I want just a strong statement made, just knocking their brains out today.
[11:30] I want it made today.
[11:31] Well, what can he say?
[11:37] What can he say?
[11:41] I just want somebody, I just want a public statement made kicking each other in the ass on a very hard one.
[11:47] Have Conley make it.
[11:49] I want him to blast it.
[11:50] I do have to do it.
[11:51] Or wait for Lamar to get his play on it.
[11:54] But really bust their butts.
[11:57] And don't, as far as I'm concerned, there's no appeal on this.
[12:00] I want the State Department to come.
[12:02] What the Christ is State's saying on this is still temporary.
[12:10] Thank you.
[12:15] This is the time to do it, and I want to know everything we can do.
[12:20] Everything we can do to do it.
[12:22] I want a forward kill on this one.
[12:24] And I expect State to play with it to a total market.
[12:28] And if I ask about it, I'm going to say appropriate action will be taken.
[12:32] They've confiscated it in the back American country.
[12:34] We will not allow it.
[12:35] Appropriate action will be taken.
[12:42] Well, one of those things.
[12:43] Let me, no, no.
[12:46] He said, I don't know what to say for a reaction, but as far as I'm concerned, I approve the strongest possible program on this, but I want it to move, and I don't want it to move around.
[12:57] And I want a highly publicized, highly visible, understand?
[13:01] Highly publicized, highly visible statement where we get it on television tonight, okay?
[13:08] Or tomorrow, so that...
[13:10] All right.
[13:11] All right.
[13:11] Let's prepare it.
[13:12] And prepare everybody, too.
[13:13] We'll have to save them tomorrow.
[13:16] Okay?
[13:17] All right.
[13:17] Is there anything else you want to suggest for today?
[13:25] No.
[13:26] Yeah.
[13:28] I'll handle it.
[13:32] Oh, yes.
[13:33] Yes.
[13:33] I'm going to be pretty honest with you.
[13:39] Well, we...
[13:47] Very close.
[13:48] OK.