Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 318-024
Date: Wednesday, February 2, 1972 at 2:50 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/318-024

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[0:00] We're at the Hall of Explorers.
[0:25] Discussion of the canon.
[0:26] That must depend on our peace proposal.
[0:27] For us to nail in hard on a number of fronts.
[0:28] That's probably the only one we can.
[0:30] right to the public's point of our speech.
[0:55] So, among those, I'm going to come to the conclusion that not necessarily an orderly priority, that our development as well as those who got us into this war are sadly not
[0:59] to get us out.
[1:21] Muskie got the nomination for Vice President on the basis of a very strong speech to the Democratic National Party in 1968, totally supporting the Johnson War Policy.
[1:25] That policy was one in which American casualties went up in a group of Americans.
[1:26] Vietnam went up.
[1:28] And no peace lines.
[1:52] Forever.
[1:52] And no progress has been made.
[1:53] And the Russian table in Paris has got the shape of the table.
[1:54] And the Russian table in Paris has got the shape of the table.
[1:55] And the progress is fine.
[1:56] And the progress is fine.
[1:56] And the progress is fine.
[1:59] And we can go.
[2:23] And there's another way to do it.
[2:24] Hold a moment.
[2:24] Wait a little bit.
[2:25] Hold a moment.
[2:25] Throughout the mission.
[2:25] And we've got a credit to get to.
[2:26] And in fact, that was the only option we were given.
[2:27] I'll use the base test test.
[2:28] If they want to go shooting in New Orleans next week, they will get a better deal by the end of the month.
[2:42] The problem with this is that the longer we wait, the more people will be killed in Vietnam, and the longer I feel government is going to be out of the country tonight.