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Conversation 292-012

TapeTape 292StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 5:08 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 5:08 PMTape start time02:15:02Tape end time02:15:55ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorRecording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Lewis F. Powell, Jr. during a brief administrative interaction. Following the request, Nixon engaged in a spontaneous critique of political opposition, specifically disparaging the Kennedy family's influence on the Vietnam War and their perceived efforts to rehabilitate the legacy of John F. Kennedy in the media. No further official actions were taken during this exchange.

Lewis F. Powell Jr.John F. KennedyVietnam WarPolitical criticismMedia analysis
AudioNARA Description

On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 292-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 292-12

Date: October 19, 1971
Time: 5:08 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 11-139]

     Request for a call to Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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It don't happen.
But it's not easy to end.
It's a great irony that the sons of bitches have got us in.
Harrod and the rest have got us in.
The Kennedy clan and tribes have sabotaged every hecker for us to get us out.
Every goddamn hecker.
There's an interesting effort in the New York Times this morning to rehabilitate J.F.
Kennedy.
There are all these Latter-day Carpers who are now running down, and he's really a far sighted man.
He was going to get rid of Rusk.
He was going to get rid of his advisers.
He was going to lead us out of the war mess.
He was going to have a Russian summit, and he was going to have a summit in Japan, and he was going to solve all problems in the Far East if he's going to live.
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