Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 298-024
Date: Thursday, November 11, 1971 at 3:33 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/298-024

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:03] Yeah.
[0:04] Hello.
[0:04] Uh, Bob, can you get, uh, uh, to be, to be sure that Alex, uh, maybe they've thought of this already, calls the cabin officers about this today?
[0:14] Have they done that?
[0:16] They haven't.
[0:18] Well, they've got to before the goddamn announcement is made, you see.
[0:28] So get Alex on it right away.
[0:28] Point two.
[0:29] Pat was talking to me a few minutes ago, and Gary Milbank has called her about wanting some people on the delegation.
[0:36] One was Bunny Lasker, another was Doug Mockerson.
[0:38] I don't think we understand Doug much.
[0:40] Nevertheless, my point is, I...
[0:43] On this delegation thing, if you don't mind, put somebody on a real intelligent and real political leader so that they don't get the usual State Department people on these things.
[0:58] You know, it means an enormous amount of people to go.
[1:00] I would have no objection to the last one going, he says he'll pay his expenses.
[1:03] He could do nothing in his way, including his kids, and that's okay.
[1:04] But I don't get it, but you get at it, and then you look at every one of these delegations from now on, personally, yourself, and send me in and say, here's the deal, and I suggest this or that, and have Rose look at it.
[1:22] See, that way we can get at it, because they've been coming at me from so many different directions, and usually it's Henry or Rogers.
[1:28] And I think you and Rose, together, will know that somebody is, all right, all right, Bob, thank you.
[1:34] Yes, sir.