Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 333-024
Date: Wednesday, April 26, 1972 at 4:37 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/333-024

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[0:00] 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.
[0:25] 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.
[0:28] I don't know if you see what I mean.
[0:29] So that what I managed to say to Democrats, they might ask for a little bit about that.
[0:50] They're going to do this, and they're going to do that over time.
[0:51] 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.
[0:56] I don't know.
[0:57] All right, good.
[0:59] Thank you.