Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 336-054
Date: Monday, May 8, 1972 at 6:14 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/336-054

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[2:38:12] I ask you for the same strong support that you've always been
[2:38:42] It is you most of all who will be watching.
[2:38:44] I know that you want to end this war.
[2:38:45] I know how much you want to regret it.
[2:38:46] I need you to know that all that I have said and done in this past three and a half years, I will try to do my end to war right now.
[2:38:51] You want peace.
[2:38:51] I want peace.
[2:38:52] But you also want honor, not defeat.
[2:38:53] You want a temperate peace, not a peace that is merely afraid to do what I want.
[2:38:56] At this moment, we must stand together in purpose.
[2:39:09] And so often in the past, we Americans did not choose to serve in the course of office.
[2:39:13] I had a mini-division on 110, where every vote was sure we could make the race.
[2:39:16] But what did I do?
[2:39:17] I asked for your support in this decision, a decision which has only one purpose, not to expand the war, not to escalate the war, but to end this war and win the kind of peace that will last.
[2:39:25] With God's help and your support, we will accomplish that critical task.