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Conversation 336-047

TapeTape 336StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 5:55 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 6:09 PMTape start time02:27:33Tape end time02:29:28ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
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On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-047 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 336-47

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:55 and 6:09 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President rehearsed his “Address to the Nation on the Situation in Southeast Asia”.

[This is a continuation of Conversation No. 336-34]

[See Public Papers of the Presidents, Richard M. Nixon, 1972, pp. 583-587]
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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.
We would risk the lives of 60,000 Americans who risked going to Vietnam.
It would mean leaving hundreds of American prisoners.
It's not the same.
We've all worried about it.
We've got to do this.
And the American people of Vietnam would encourage this kind of progression all over again.
And now, let's go back to what we were talking about.
And now, let's go back to what we were talking about.
You're not doing well.
There's one thing on my rating page, and I have driven out.
You may not have driven out.
You're not doing well.
No, not until after it's over.
I didn't have a deal with the guy who was going to close it, so it's fine.
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