On February 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Hugh Scott met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:49 pm to 2:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 320-019 of the White House Tapes.
Transcript (AI-Generated)This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.
No!
Oh, I didn't have anything to bother you with, but I talked to Ziegler, and he said that the statement you made after the leadership has given a good play on the wire.
And I just, I thought you should know again, though, that I talk with a three-eyed person.
And, you know, you like to hear good things from that guy, but some of the fellows told me they had never heard anything better.
You really got wound up.
And I said, well, you know, I said, Scott Greer was a mean bastard.
I said, you just don't realize it.
Because I, you know, they forget you were a Russell Farley chairman, huh?
You remember?
Yeah.
But you're on the right side of it, buddy.
You're on the right side, and I don't know if you think so.
There's the, uh, yeah.
You're a member of that group, too?
those people that are offering the enemy better terms than the president has offered them are, in effect, torpedoing the chances to get a settlement before the election.
I think the idea that they're saying they, in effect, are destroying the chance to have peace before America.
Isn't that a good thing?
Well, good luck.
Bye.