Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 291-022
Date: Monday, October 18, 1971 at 5:54 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/291-022

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[0:01] Hello.
[0:03] Yeah.
[0:05] Well, any last-minute report before I go over to the agony of the old house?
[0:09] Good, good.
[0:10] All right.
[0:12] On the court thing, incidentally, I'm going to suggest a bad thing.
[0:20] Mitchell and I really couldn't handle this very closely, you know.
[0:30] and we've got some ideas of some of them I don't know anything about, and I've delivered them and I'm not telling anybody about.
[0:40] Just say about it.
[0:41] Well, I have them all, and I have them all in mind, but I don't want a lot of warbling around in the press office.
[0:45] I just want to put a total blackout on any discussion in the court at this point by our staff, because we will.
[0:56] And we'll do all right.
[0:57] Just don't assume anything.
[0:59] Just don't assume anything.
[1:01] And don't assume anything to change.
[1:04] You see?
[1:04] They all like to fear lies, okay?
[1:05] And this is, this will, you'll see, John and I got a game going here with Peter, and we should go through.
[1:17] It's funny that that, I hadn't realized that that pole was my gallop.
[1:23] you know, you're going to add 5% for you and 10% for you, you know.
[1:54] And the damn thing, it will, it will live.
[1:57] That's right.
[2:03] That's right.
[2:03] And I talked to Katie about it, too.
[2:08] About, you know, the Moscow thing.
[2:11] So that's done.
[2:14] He totally agrees with me.
[2:18] And I said, it just won't do.
[2:22] I think Al has a reason.
[2:24] But, uh, and he sees that what he's involved here is just a little ego problem, and that it just isn't the right thing to do for other reasons, you know, for other policies.
[2:38] Well, I'm cool with that myself, and I don't get bothered by it.
[2:45] I don't care.
[2:47] He's wrong, man.
[2:47] Well, I think of his getting away and being on the plane, you know.
[2:53] Oh, could I mention one other thing?
[2:55] We've got one problem here that I want to make sure Don is very correct.
[3:00] I want Conway to have the first choice on the plane.
[3:05] You know, if you let both the adventure be gone, they will overlap their trips.
[3:10] Now, Conway must have the, you know, what you know, the backup plane.
[3:14] He should have that because he has the longer flights and, of course, the longer trip coverage.
[3:22] Okay, fine, fine.