Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 329-019
Date: Tuesday, April 11, 1972 at 1:12 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-019

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[0:05] Yeah.
[0:08] But I don't think I marked Rogers there.
[0:19] So you know what I mean.
[0:20] I would prefer to frankly leave it not to have Mel.
[0:21] You see what I mean?
[0:24] If you have him, you have to have Rogers.
[0:26] And I think Henry should do it.
[0:27] Let Henry do the breathing.
[0:28] That's the purpose of the pep talk.
[0:30] Let Henry do the breathing.
[0:32] Yeah.
[0:34] Fine, fine.
[0:43] Fine, fine.
[0:43] No, I think the China thing has to be sort of separated from congressional relations.
[0:49] Henry will be there, and that means that you'll agree with him on the damn thing.
[0:55] I don't look at mine normally, but I think since it's gone to China, they can deal with it.
[0:58] We want them to feel it's not a little separate politics.
[1:10] There will be pictures, of course.