Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 366-009
Date: Saturday, October 14, 1972 at 1:40 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Sanchez, Manolo; Ehrlichman, John D.; [Unknown person(s)]
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/366-009

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[0:00] Well, I don't know.
[0:08] I hope it's the last day of the conference.
[0:15] You ever get to camp in there?
[0:18] No, I think maybe you will go ahead.
[0:22] You can drive up and be there when you get there.
[0:23] Okay.
[0:24] We can come up late tonight or morning.
[0:25] No, you go ahead.
[0:25] You go ahead.
[0:26] Take a seat.
[0:26] Take a seat.
[0:36] I'm going to go with the self-righteous speech, so I'm coming that far away.
[0:40] I'm going to have to do all the answers as far as I can.
[1:42] Thank you.
[1:45] Thank you.
[1:50] Thank you.
[2:58] Oh, yeah.
[3:04] Oh, yeah.
[3:41] I don't know about that, but I think it's true.
[3:54] They may, they could see the witness present.
[3:56] They may push this correction.
[3:59] What a buggy said was an issue.
[4:01] So far, I don't know if it's over right now.
[4:02] Just a little bit creepy now.
[4:04] That's not much.
[4:04] Just a little bit.
[4:04] And then he goes to Seattle and speaks on that, right?
[4:12] So.
[4:21] So.
[4:56] I don't have a record, just for today, but I think he was dead.
[5:03] I thought it was dead.
[5:08] What I mean is, if he is still going to be killed, what is people going to think?
[5:15] They still have to bomb the guy and make trouble for him.
[5:18] And they need to see him for the rest of the time, because they need to see him.
[5:20] The other two years, I'm going.
[5:21] And we're all going to be going.
[5:21] We're all going to be going.
[5:23] And I didn't kill two years last night.
[5:24] I didn't kill two years last night.
[5:25] I didn't kill two years last night.
[5:33] I was like, your guy ain't gonna come for me, I'm sure.
[5:45] Because I don't care what's going on.
[5:48] I don't think this is funny.
[5:51] I think it was a made-up deal by a professional.
[5:54] It was too dead professional to, you know, it was not like an average person.
[5:56] Once it turns out, Jerry Williams, the, you know, I don't even know, he had a set of things, you know, he had points of vulnerability.
[5:59] They didn't use it.
[6:01] They didn't use it.
[6:01] They threw it away.
[6:02] They didn't use it.
[6:03] Thank you.
[6:47] The entire conspiracy, just the challenge of the FCC goes on and on and on.
[7:04] They've been wearing pictures for too long.
[7:07] Yeah, I don't know.
[7:08] I don't know.
[7:09] I don't know.
[7:11] I don't know.
[7:11] I don't know.
[7:12] I don't know.
[7:12] I don't know.
[7:14] I don't know.
[7:15] I don't know.
[7:15] I don't know.
[7:16] I don't know.
[7:29] ... ... ... ...
[8:12] What he did was... What he did was...
[9:01] Okay.
[9:30] Anyway, when we saw them, we saw some of the girls this morning, and it was spectacular.
[9:44] So, all I can say is that we didn't know, but let's face it, I didn't play it seriously.
[9:49] In terms of the talk, it was a part of the speech, part of the substance of the speech.
[9:53] It was a lot of talk.
[10:23] It's more important than $1,000.
[10:34] It's more important than $1,000.
[10:40] I've always felt this way.
[10:42] I give $1,000.
[11:46] So I have to lose.
[11:48] So that means you're right.
[11:50] You're right.
[11:50] You're right.
[12:34] She came out of the writing, and a lot of letters came in, and a lot of letters came in, and a lot of letters came in, and a lot of letters came in, and a lot of letters came in, and a lot of letters came in, and a lot of letters came in.
[13:06] I don't like the fact that it's allowed.
[13:44] I don't know.
[13:56] I don't know.
[14:43] We want it to be critical.
[15:31] Thank you.
[16:14] Thank you.
[17:09] That's the magazine that the president was saying is buying.
[17:25] And they're looking for a price for it.
[17:26] But perhaps it didn't fail.
[17:27] That's what the fiction comes from.
[17:33] I don't know.
[17:33] I think we're just getting at it.
[17:34] Listen to our assholes.
[17:35] Listen to them.
[17:35] Try getting into the books.
[17:36] You wouldn't get it, Mr. President.
[17:36] You could learn from the thing.
[17:37] You might get more of it.
[17:39] You might have to pay any price for it.
[17:50] That's right.
[17:50] You've got to pay no price for it.
[17:52] And what people are getting out of it is a balance against the church, the big or big business.
[18:00] You've got to make that stand.
[18:02] You can't make that church stand.
[18:03] And especially, you know, this kind of business.
[18:04] Imagine that goes to 750,000 people who don't even know what they're saying.
[18:05] This is the lowest level of the building.
[18:09] You know, this is a real signal.
[18:24] You know, we're all in the same boat.
[18:59] And every time you rest, you've got one of these.
[19:12] This guy's a killer.
[19:13] You love him.
[19:14] Maybe you're not that impressed with him.
[19:20] Maybe you're not that impressed with him.
[19:21] This is cheating.
[19:22] Suburbanize.
[19:23] Suburbanize.
[19:24] Suburbanize.
[19:24] Suburbanize.
[19:24] Suburbanize.
[21:21] It's a boring, so it's a boring shit.
[21:23] Oh, and it's a little, you want to remember, solid basement that was still inside.
[24:00] Historically.
[24:40] Hello?
[24:42] What?
[25:25] I don't know.
[25:38] That's what he said.
[28:19] ... ... ... ... ...
[29:28] uh... uh... uh...
[29:57] It may get more active.
[29:59] It's very slow.
[30:30] Say, this is a very interesting campaign.
[30:36] Say, this is a very easy campaign.
[30:40] Very slander of a president.
[31:16] That's right.
[31:48] I hear you, Doug.
[32:25] Thank you.
[33:18] Thank you.
[33:53] Uh, sure.
[33:56] What do you want me to do?
[34:45] And right where it was, it was a warning.
[34:58] I said, all right.
[34:59] He just turned and he said, well, I don't think that's the place.
[35:06] I said, well, I don't think that's the place.
[35:10] I said, well, I don't think that's the place.
[35:11] I said, well, I don't think that's the place.
[35:12] I said, well, I don't think that's the place.
[35:13] I said, well, I don't think that's the place.
[35:16] and something to learn from.
[36:12] Thank you.
[36:47] You have to cut across the board.
[36:51] You have to cut across the board.
[37:00] The best ever.
[37:00] The best ever.
[37:01] The best ever.
[39:02] of a grocery store.
[39:57] I'm sorry, sir.
[41:43] Thank you.
[42:33] Thank you.
[47:05] I think I...
[48:26] Yeah, I've asked, but I always hear it from you.
[48:37] Yeah, yeah, okay.
[48:39] All right.
[48:40] All right.
[48:40] Cut it.
[48:40] Cut it.
[49:20] That's all I need.