Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 335-016
Date: Wednesday, May 3, 1972 at 2:41 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; [Unknown person(s)]; Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/335-016

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[54:56] Who said he was going to do it?
[54:59] Well, that was in material that John sent through the hallway and called me up and asked me if that was the plan.
[55:04] Well, that has sense.
[55:07] I guess he should because he is a man.
[55:09] Right.
[55:11] Right.
[55:11] Not afraid of it.
[55:13] I don't have, I don't really have a good problem with Mr. Harding.
[55:15] We had talked about it yesterday, and I want to make sure.
[55:17] Yeah, well, what do you want to do?
[55:18] The only negative is the negative is that he isn't there.
[55:20] Correct.
[55:20] And the negative, the other negative, John, how strong it is, is the fact that he's out there as acting attorney general, only an acting director of the FBI.
[55:27] Although they'll make their point if you do some key stuff, they won't take it.
[55:37] They're going to do it anyway.
[55:39] They're going to do it anyway.
[55:42] That's fine.
[55:43] I don't have a strong feeling.
[56:31] today.
[56:31] Look at the cricks that are coming off.
[56:33] It makes you sick.
[56:36] It's crazy.
[56:43] I want to feel that.
[57:07] We've got a story about that.
[57:37] We've got a very big play on our state of the nation.
[57:40] And for some of the television last night, on our local news shows, they syndicated the theme.
[57:49] That was one of the comments.
[57:52] So I don't know.
[57:55] I don't know what we're going to see.
[57:58] I'm not sure.
[57:58] I haven't kind of touched it the wrong way at all.
[58:00] I don't know.
[58:19] Piracy is one of them.
[58:20] Just saying.
[58:21] I read the whole course in the morning.
[58:23] And I want to say to the young people, I raise the question to the young people.
[58:25] I try to add to it.
[58:26] I think that it's not necessary.
[58:48] I just, I just frankly haven't done it well.
[59:19] I don't really think it's, well, particularly since I ad-libbed the one-minute opening, I mean, what the heck.
[59:26] That was done.
[59:28] I don't mean, if they aren't going to carry more than, you know, the other one.
[59:32] Yeah, but that's the way it is.
[59:35] How many people is that?
[59:36] Yeah.
[59:37] Yeah.
[59:42] I just want to be sure I have the signals correct here.
[1:00:13] But I said that you had a signal as to how to answer questions.
[1:00:17] I had all those lines.
[1:00:18] Yeah, that we developed.
[1:00:20] And particularly the lines that you reacted to.
[1:01:04] considered to be the more sober atmosphere of non-election here.
[1:01:07] So the man from Hawaii can retain the office through the administrations, regardless of changes in administrations.
[1:01:43] to be subject to the winds of partisan politics, changes, tyranny.
[1:02:02] You don't have to spend much time.
[1:02:12] Are they here?
[1:02:13] Yes, sir.