Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 340-005 Date: Tuesday, May 16, 1972 at 1:20 PM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L. Recording device: Old Executive Office Building Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/340-005 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [5:05] Hello? [5:13] Well, are the stories going all right? [5:21] All right. [5:30] It's done now, you know. [5:32] They expect to leave. [5:39] I see. [5:39] Yeah, yeah. [5:40] I hadn't forgotten. [5:41] I thought that they were going to press me until the day that they already would. [5:47] That's good. [5:47] Good. [5:52] Mm-hmm. [5:57] What you really feel, Ron, was the right thing to do. [6:00] Walk across there. [6:01] Good. [6:01] And I sort of had a good feel to it. [6:03] All those little kids are... Everybody was positive. [6:09] You think? [6:11] Good. [6:11] I'll bet they use it, don't you think, this time? [6:13] Because of the walls. [6:15] Good. [9:14] Thank you.