Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 311-048
Date: Sunday, January 2, 1972 at 3:58 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/311-048

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[2:33:21] But what I mean is that both are very bad in terms of that.
[2:33:47] I had fun.
[2:33:47] So I would do a lot of things with my own business.
[2:33:54] Every time I get there, I should just deal with it.
[2:33:59] If they didn't have enough to like come on in, I would just go in and do it.
[2:34:07] Because that's what you have to do.
[2:34:10] You see yourself so much, you're driving like a wall.
[2:34:14] And you don't want to have to be attacked
[2:34:49] Ok, bye Henry.
[2:34:50] Bye bye.
[2:34:52] See you later.
[2:35:41] I'll tell you what, the night after 10.30, I will be unavailable by phone.
[2:35:45] And if you have any calls, come up to me.
[2:35:46] Unless there's one from, uh, maybe Patricia or Julie, I can see you there.
[2:35:51] If you have any other calls, there will be an important call.
[2:35:57] Okay.
[2:35:58] Thank you for watching.
[2:36:14] Yeah.
[2:36:16] Yeah, okay.
[2:36:19] Hello.
[2:36:21] I can't fire.
[2:36:28] Do you think I can do that?
[2:36:29] I can, you know.
[2:36:31] Well, Roger's in the house.
[2:36:35] Well, he likes it there.
[2:36:40] He'll probably have those helicopters around.
[2:36:48] Good.
[2:36:54] Yeah.
[2:36:57] Yeah.
[2:36:57] I had the same feeling, you know.
[2:36:58] I mean, I talked to Connelly on Christmas.
[2:37:04] On Christmas, and he was in good shape.
[2:37:06] And I, uh...
[2:37:07] But I, uh... And he should.
[2:37:08] God damn it, he looks good.
[2:37:10] But, uh...
[2:37:14] I didn't call him.
[2:37:16] And I went and having that dinner is what I did, too, because that gives me a chance to see each other.
[2:37:22] You want to put the rest, one of these damn things, you can put the rest of them all back.
[2:37:29] It's like a...
[2:37:30] It's just a piece of... You guys were saying the reaction to the bomb, you know, in the southern, you know, that one with George Mayon, Eddie, I don't know, I don't know.
[2:37:40] I don't know.
[2:37:40] I don't know.
[2:37:41] I don't know.
[2:37:43] I don't know.
[2:37:44] I don't know.
[2:37:44] I don't know.
[2:37:44] I don't know.
[2:37:45] Yeah.
[2:38:51] Yeah, yeah.
[2:38:51] You've got to watch Cosen on that, because he said to read the wires, you know.
[2:38:56] And then he says, well, we've got to get an answer for that.
[2:38:58] God damn it, nobody should read the wires.
[2:38:59] We've got to wait.
[2:39:03] Yeah.
[2:39:04] Yeah, because they have to get it out in such a hurry.
[2:39:07] And then to do it with a balanced report.
[2:39:10] I'm utterly convinced that the...
[2:39:12] I like to have maybe every day the one story that we really ought to respond to.
[2:39:20] And then I like to have about once a week, well, here's the news of the week for us.
[2:39:26] You see what I mean?
[2:39:27] I think you really need balancing of that.
[2:39:30] You just say, here's the main color of the story.