Conversation 333-024

TapeTape 333StartWednesday, April 26, 1972 at 4:37 PMEndWednesday, April 26, 1972 at 5:01 PMTape start time03:22:16Tape end time03:23:30ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building

On April 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:37 pm and 5:01 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 333-024 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 333-24

Date: April 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:37 pm and 5:01 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

       Vietnam
            -The President's speech
                 -Unknown person's attendance
                       -Raymond K. Price, Jr.
            -Democratic caucus
                 -Response
                       -Negotiations

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And I feel it would be very helpful if you could make tonight your session with the press come up in a way that you can.
My impression of that is that it would be that the president's state of play would be that you're not a good president.
I don't know if you see what I mean.
So that what I managed to say to Democrats, they might ask for a little bit about that.
They're going to do this, and they're going to do that over time.
Just say, look, we respect everybody's right to do this, but at the present time, when we're having this very delicate negotiating situation, I'm certain that you would say that any undercutting of the president would not be the end of the conversation.
I don't know.
All right, good.
Thank you.