Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 288-007
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 1971 at 8:40 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/288-007

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[14:17] Yeah.
[14:20] Yeah.
[14:21] Spend the day.
[14:22] I will start at approximately 11.25.
[14:23] I just walked out of there and I don't know anything.
[14:28] It doesn't make you appreciate it.
[14:33] And they have...
[14:35] I want to cut off the time.
[14:40] Yeah, because I have no leaders at 12 o'clock in the morning.
[14:49] Oh, yes, yes.
[14:50] And they can come.
[14:53] They can come.
[14:55] I'll come out and see if they're all going to be present for the 7, 11, 25-minute work.
[15:03] They said I'd come quickly, Matthew.
[15:06] Well, can't you tell them if they can film you?
[15:08] Why don't you tell them if they can film you?
[15:10] No, wait a minute.
[15:10] On the basis of something that's happening that might happen on stage, too.
[15:13] See, that's fine.
[15:14] I might go off on that, Harry.
[15:18] I might go off on that point and see if you can say what the view of the back of this thing is going on.
[15:25] You can set up film today if I ask you to.
[15:29] I think you can film me.
[15:32] Okay.
[15:32] All right.
[15:32] Have a good...
[15:35] I don't know.
[15:39] Are you going to do anything for them?
[16:00] Well, yeah.
[16:03] The question raised, one of our boys got off the reservation for the first time and just blew a beautiful plate on us during the night here.
[16:10] They said he was not a good consideration, you know, and we said that he was not a, there was a problem with him.
[16:20] He was completely reversed that.
[16:23] They said that was totally wrong.
[16:27] Very, very active consideration.
[16:30] Very active consideration.
[16:33] That's totally wrong.
[16:36] That'd come out of your job.
[16:43] Very, very crazy.
[16:46] He is under very active consideration.
[16:49] Just say that he's under very active consideration.
[16:53] Did you see the White House story this morning?
[16:57] Yeah, well, that is totally inactive.
[16:59] Absolutely, totally inactive.
[17:02] I want him to stay out there.
[17:10] Let me, like you of course, let us suppose that we were not here.
[17:19] Ron, can't you see what's done to the opposition ?
[17:25] All the Democratic candidates are going to be very actively under consideration.
[17:30] Do you understand?
[17:31] We're going to make them stand up and be counted.
[17:35] Yeah.
[17:37] Well, I'd like, if you could, to get that off before I get there.
[17:40] So what do you think you're doing?
[17:44] Well, I mean, I just say that, look, I simply call it.
[17:48] Whoever wrote the poster is coming in.
[17:50] All right, all right, all right.
[17:53] Let's see there.
[17:54] Call in Spence Ridge and the two wires.
[17:57] Call in Spence Ridge and the two wires.
[17:59] That's how you will call us.
[18:01] You've got this story, and I want you to get off on the wrong track.
[18:09] Very active consideration, along with others on the whole thing.
[18:16] Okay, bye.