Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 336-046
Date: Monday, May 8, 1972 at 5:55 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/336-046

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[2:27:00] They needed to draw a law on our importance.
[2:27:02] They didn't have to negotiate, or the types of military action they had to hold.
[2:27:06] I know that many Americans, they were the first person to mention it.
[2:27:09] They believed the way they had to hold those things, they had to chase it out and remove the present barricade rules, that's the way they were drawn to it.
[2:27:19] They believed it was kind of hard, so they had just a choice.
[2:27:24] They did not sign a word on it.
[2:27:25] They did not.
[2:27:26] They did not.
[2:27:27] They did not.
[2:27:28] They did not.
[2:27:30] But abandoning our commitment to Vietnam here now would mean turning over to some people in South Korea to be able to come and share it with the Kurds.