Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 324-044
Date: Wednesday, March 22, 1972 at 10:05 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/324-044

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[0:00] ...to, uh, Senator Benson, who, uh, quite a long time ago, was, uh, involved in, uh, the dedication of the, uh, Eisenhower bus, uh, the Texas Society of Humanities, and, uh, what Benson put, uh, carrying on a program that commonly tolerates Benson.
[0:27] We've got a very effective old pro.
[0:52] Charm.
[0:52] It's going to show very, very well.
[0:53] Our scheduling staff are underestimating her effectiveness.
[0:54] I know they're very good at checking over the invitations that she gets and working on her schedule.
[0:58] I want to honor the study made at the highest level under your direction of appearances that you can make in case cases.
[1:19] I know you have worked on several cases, but to take them to a committee that I thought might be worth more work than time, and to see what we do there should not be a reason for us to ever take them.
[1:26] ... ... ... ... ... ...
[1:56] to listen to the right events.
[2:22] But she's very good at insisting on the public.
[2:23] Very good.
[2:23] And our problem, what I am concerned about, is that... ...the basis of... ...the education we receive... ...in those areas where...
[2:27] She did a lot more good for us.
[2:46] Patricia also did a lot more good for us.
[2:47] Mary in New York, Jersey, Pennsylvania, where she would not have to go away when we were in need.
[3:11] Cracking the flying legs.
[3:29] There are no plans in regard to the way the events are handled.
[3:30] I hate this fact.
[3:30] I want to stay here for a second.
[3:31] She's doing a very good job of returning home in place.
[3:32] Now I need a signal from a higher level of the earth.
[3:39] We're going to show a page that I want you to turn to, but we appreciate it.
[4:04] You can receive the same.
[4:05] Francis, I just wanted to see you.
[4:06] Thank you very much.
[4:06] I'm going to have a frank talk with Dave regarding the Polish invitation.
[4:08] I'm going to have to draft it and get us involved in Germany.
[4:10] creating a rehabilitation process to see if we can avoid the trap and still get the benefits.
[4:41] I believe that it's businessable.
[5:03] It might be that I do also have to return to something else.
[5:04] However, without making it that much more of a mistake,
[5:10] I think it would not require a state visit and a reception to avoid the problem of another NATO country.
[5:34] Also, an argument could be made that Turkey was supposed to be the only NATO country in the world, and so it could.
[5:36] I've been talking to you several times, sir, and I'm glad to be talking to you.
[5:38] I'm telling you that you have not a psychological weapon to deter Turkey.