Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 291-019
Date: Monday, October 18, 1971 at 5:32 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Ziegler, Ronald L.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/291-019

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[0:02] Hello?
[0:05] Well, how was your day today?
[0:21] How was I?
[0:21] I saw it, yeah.
[0:22] Of course, I didn't regret that.
[0:22] The council said it wasn't very good.
[0:28] They always say that, so that's all right.
[0:29] I'll get in there and pull a crack at that one of these.
[0:31] He always, of course, cautioned.
[0:47] Well, it's out the window.
[0:55] That's right.
[0:55] Right.
[0:55] Yeah.
[0:55] But although that is one who's not as much in touch with the economy as most people, but everyone who's come up with it.
[0:58] Yeah.
[0:58] And always...
[0:58] say what these figures are going to do to this or that or the other thing, but goddamn, that's something.
[1:19] Yeah.
[1:19] Right.
[1:19] Right.
[1:27] The disapproval or is this, again, cryo-wings?
[1:48] You know what I mean?
[1:50] Particularly with Harris following.
[1:51] Is Harris out today?
[1:54] Yeah.
[1:54] Well, I don't know.
[1:55] You guys pull your head up just a bit.
[1:55] I'll get a place
[1:56] Yeah, I see.
[2:25] Yeah.
[2:25] Yeah, that's right, come in.
[2:26] Come in.
[2:27] Are those his?
[2:31] Are you sure?
[2:35] I'm not sure.
[2:37] I don't think they used various ones.
[2:41] Unless they set it where it is.
[2:43] I don't think they did.
[2:45] I don't think they appeared to have done it.
[2:51] I don't think that is because he was just given to them.
[2:57] Yeah, that is here.
[3:22] That's right.
[3:22] We've got to run, right?
[3:22] When they go to the trail, you do it again.
[3:23] Yeah.
[3:23] Right.
[3:24] Right.
[3:24] Well, you know, it's the same thing.
[3:24] That's right.
[3:25] That's right.
[3:25] You have time to do it.
[3:25] You can do it on the trip.
[3:26] You can have them.
[3:29] Oh, yeah, that's probably .
[3:55] Yeah, I spoke to him, and he can't .
[3:56] All right, all right.
[3:57] OK, well, we'll see you later.
[3:58] Sorry, sorry, .
[3:59] The Japanese, the fact that he was going to and Japan.
[4:21] So what we did this afternoon is we didn't announce it.
[4:23] We simply confirmed the fact before the announcement.
[4:24] So that's a little loose, but apparently the fact that there would be an announcement tomorrow.
[4:26] Right.
[4:26] So it is moving that Conley will go to but it's still
[4:28] We didn't totally announce it, but if you hear that sound... We haven't, I don't mind.
[4:43] The Indonesian Times hasn't... Indonesia has not announced it.
[4:47] The only thing is what the Japanese announced.
[4:48] Well, they just announced two or three countries, and we'll wrap it up on the news.
[4:51] We'll talk to them, and we'll say what's going on.
[4:52] We have not formally announced it, this time.
[4:53] Then...
[4:54] He's at home sick, and I didn't know if I should call him.
[4:55] Perhaps I should.
[4:56] He left.
[4:56] He's on his illness, actually.
[4:56] Perhaps I should call him to talk about it.
[4:58] I will.
[5:14] Yeah, I would just call on him.
[5:15] I would just call on him.
[5:16] If he's the deputy, I would call on him.
[5:21] I know it isn't something serious, but I think he just won't.
[5:22] I think the secretary said this afternoon.
[5:23] Then I talked to Secretary Broderick, and we worked out a way that he would have done them all.
[5:25] I let him collaborate.
[5:26] I want to be sure now on that rhetoric.
[5:27] It's very low key.
[5:28] I talked to Al and the secretary, both had full support, so that he just got something to do with that.
[5:51] We actually did that when the congressman was around.
[5:53] We'll do it again.
[5:53] I thought that did it when he was around.
[5:54] We'll do it again.
[5:54] We're trying not to say too much, but I don't understand that anyway.
[5:56] Then the third thing, Mrs. Nixon apparently
[5:58] There's only 40, so if it's all right with you, I will just judge that in terms of the circumstances.
[6:14] Preferably not half the pool coverage.
[6:17] But if it looks like I should have the wire, I will watch it very carefully.
[6:25] In other words, I'd like to leave that loose just to see how it goes.
[6:27] Well, she wants to get some publicity out of the practice.
[6:48] There's an Eisenhower theater there.
[6:49] If you don't mind, we'll do it in just a small room.
[6:50] I don't care.
[6:50] I don't care about this reception.
[6:51] It's for Mrs. Mary.
[6:52] It's looking a hell of a lot for her.
[6:52] And a lot of times, it's worth it.
[6:53] I don't know.
[6:54] I don't know.
[7:14] I want to talk to you before we go.
[7:15] I don't care.
[7:15] I don't really care about you.
[7:15] Okay.
[7:16] Okay.
[7:16] That's all.
[7:16] The boys are looking forward to the announcements.
[7:17] We're going to build the legislation tomorrow on the wage price.
[7:18] That's what we're going to do tomorrow.
[7:19] We're going to put the names together.
[7:20] That's what we're going to do.
[7:25] Well, that'll be later.
[7:50] I'll just .
[7:51] Actually, I think .
[7:52] But we may have .
[7:52] Just don't comment about it.
[7:53] There are lots of people .
[7:54] You know, you don't get up in the army.
[8:15] You don't get up in the army and debate about are they qualified or... No, no, no.
[8:17] We've stated all that.
[8:18] We've stated what we're doing.
[8:18] We're all very certain we get what we want to know.
[8:20] It's not a major issue.
[8:20] I've never...
[8:21] It's not exactly what I said.
[8:21] I think it comes up sometimes.
[8:22] Well, I'm not...
[8:22] I'm not... Let's stay out of it now.
[8:23] I have not touched anything in that sort of...
[8:25] i think
[8:53] And it may get on the network.
[9:09] I don't think it came off as a stomach surgery.
[9:10] I don't think it came off.
[9:10] Well, it doesn't seem to me as to what we're doing.
[9:12] Well, one of the very important things that we take off, take a half hour to fly out there, and a half hour to come back and move around.
[9:21] I don't know if anybody here has seen this and all that.
[9:23] But I don't think .
[9:33] I don't think .