Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 359-004
Date: Thursday, September 7, 1972 at 2:45 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; [Unknown person(s)]
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/359-004

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[0:00] Well, it's a good day.
[0:10] Well, I think I've got to run over now.
[0:21] Sir, you'd better not be so late.
[0:22] The news is still, of course, the big story is still the Middle East.
[0:23] Right.
[0:24] The backstab is not going to do it.
[0:24] Right.
[0:25] Don't make any.
[0:25] We're not using any yet.
[0:25] No, I've pulled another one back today.
[0:26] We had a good one, and I just killed it.
[0:27] The governor says the governor's dead, because I'm sure they would have been lost.
[0:29] With the Israelis going into weather...
[0:30] The raiding started.
[0:53] The raiding.
[0:53] That's where we are.
[0:54] But that'll weaken us, I would think, so they don't try to take the country.
[0:55] But I think that that's still stirring in the spirit.
[0:57] I would value an election-wise recovery.
[0:57] Would that happen?
[0:58] Let them.
[0:58] Frankly, the whole week is just a killer of a government.
[0:59] This is great.
[1:00] Harris this morning called me and said, you're so lucky.
[1:06] He said, this is just taking everybody's minds off.
[1:45] I don't care who presented it.
[1:59] I want you to put something down.
[2:01] I want you to tell me.
[2:03] I want Conley to defend it now.
[2:04] I told you that he didn't work in here or anything, but he indulged in it.
[2:06] But, you know, God and I want him to defend it.
[2:10] And who's going to do it?
[2:11] I want somebody to investigate it.
[2:12] You'll say something.
[2:12] He's taking it very well.
[2:12] How about putting it...
[2:14] I would be upset if I had his support.
[2:31] I'd be worried.
[2:50] But where were they heading there?
[3:21] The last person, even Scott, he was just saying it's a terrible damn thing, a vicious thing.
[3:44] A cold, a cold word, I mean, you know, or... Let's get it done.
[3:46] I'm about several people to speak up.
[3:46] Colleagues.
[3:47] I'll be sent to you about it.
[3:47] Well, you let us visit him.
[3:48] But he's still going about it.
[3:48] Sure.
[3:48] No, I hear you.
[3:49] I know, and he's still... Oh, he's still...
[3:51] You know, at first he was insistent.
[4:10] He was sure to give me a call if I could sell it.
[4:11] I was, when I was broken up, I raised the bar on here, and I ordered, I ordered, and I raised the leadership meeting, and I told the mayor, and I told the whole region, I want that problem.
[4:15] I'm just mad as hell, and I'm not going to have these snares.
[4:16] You've got to get down hard, Chuck, with the snares.
[4:17] You shouldn't be snaring everybody.
[4:18] Yeah, that's coming through.
[4:19] This little mayor, Mayor, uh, uh, uh,
[4:20] Let's look now.
[4:43] He's here today.
[4:43] He may be over at your service.
[4:44] I told the people.
[4:44] I told Bill Ryan.
[4:44] I told Bill Ryan.
[4:45] I told Bill Ryan.
[4:45] I told Bill Ryan.
[4:46] I told Bill Ryan.
[4:46] I told Bill Ryan.
[4:46] I told Bill Ryan.
[4:47] I told Bill Ryan.
[4:47] I told Bill Ryan.
[4:48] political mileage of the church.
[5:09] He said that really just saw adverse men, didn't it?
[5:10] He said that really may have helped the Jews.
[5:11] They are pretty funny, don't they?
[5:12] Well, I've done as much as I'm going to do.
[5:13] I don't think a country can turn on these people just for a gun.
[5:14] Northern Ireland was getting killed every day.
[5:15] You would look, if you did more, you would look like you were free and you'd get chronic political hate.
[5:17] That was a sharp rule of Irish.
[5:20] Perceptive kind.
[5:21] He said, it looked like the son of a bitch was crying.