Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 336-047
Date: Monday, May 8, 1972 at 5:55 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President)
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/336-047

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[2:27:33] 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.
[2:27:36] We would risk the lives of 60,000 Americans who risked going to Vietnam.
[2:27:39] It would mean leaving hundreds of American prisoners.
[2:27:40] It's not the same.
[2:27:41] We've all worried about it.
[2:27:42] We've got to do this.
[2:27:43] And the American people of Vietnam would encourage this kind of progression all over again.
[2:28:29] And now, let's go back to what we were talking about.
[2:28:36] And now, let's go back to what we were talking about.
[2:29:33] You're not doing well.
[2:29:35] There's one thing on my rating page, and I have driven out.
[2:29:50] You may not have driven out.
[2:29:57] You're not doing well.
[2:30:04] No, not until after it's over.
[2:30:05] I didn't have a deal with the guy who was going to close it, so it's fine.