Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 344-023
Date: Thursday, June 22, 1972 at 1:08 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/344-023

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[3:00:12] the president is that it would be ironic and it would be tragic if those, if there were senators who would support the arts control is limited and then vote against the
[3:00:34] defense funding, which would enable us to make the next step of a permanent agreement.
[3:00:38] In other words, that's what we want, see?
[3:00:40] And that's what, and to put the V right on it, they will destroy the changes.
[3:00:44] Those who got not supported, added an ongoing burden to deal with them, and destroyed the chances for a permanent limitation on offensive weapons.
[3:00:57] Well, okay.
[3:01:01] Now, you can say that,
[3:01:05] destroy that and put it on that basis rather than on the basis of, well, because we have our implementation agreement, we must have the other program.
[3:01:21] That isn't the point.
[3:01:25] is because we have this, we want to build another one.
[3:01:27] And in order to build another one, we must have an on-board drill.