Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 311-049
Date: Sunday, January 2, 1972 at 4:07 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/311-049

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[2:39:35] That's the way to think about it.
[2:39:41] Otherwise, you get meshed down and mired down.
[2:39:42] Incidentally, at that Peterson meeting tomorrow, I want Rogers there too.
[2:39:48] Rogers and sort of our content strategy.
[2:39:50] It's sort of a half-meeting.
[2:39:51] It's not going to be on the call, it's going to be on the call, it's going to be on the call.
[2:40:08] It's over.
[2:40:08] It's over.
[2:40:11] and get Peterson a chance to shine again.
[2:40:17] Oh, one thing I'd like you to do with Bill, I'm going to be going out.
[2:40:20] You have, you sit down with him, get his oral advice about what we ought to be doing to show him what we have in mind in the press conference.
[2:40:31] After you've done that for an hour or so, you can come in here with Pete, and we can have a little talk about it.
[2:40:39] Because his judgment, on the PR side, is
[2:40:42] As you're quite aware, he has many failings in his career, but he's about 10 to 1 over Henry on the PR side.
[2:40:53] Bill knows what's happening, even though he may be wrong sometimes as for the issue, but he knows damn well how to split it in PR lines.
[2:41:01] Don't you agree?
[2:41:03] And he never loses himself.
[2:41:07] He will be very good on not just this, but the courts.
[2:41:11] All the other things you can do.
[2:41:13] I'm glad you're all here today.