Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 336-060
Date: Monday, May 8, 1972 at 6:34 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/336-060

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[3:12:16] Their sole purpose is to protect the lives of 60,000 Americans who would be gravely endangered in the event that the communist offensive continues to rule over them under the empty imposition of a communist government by brutal aggression among nations of the United States.
[3:12:20] I particularly direct my comments to the life of the Soviet Union.
[3:12:24] We respect the Soviet Union's great power.
[3:12:26] We recognize the right of the Soviet Union to defend its interests on the air front.
[3:12:31] It's only convenient here in my very mind, our way, to defend our great interests.