Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 385-016
Date: Monday, December 11, 1972 at 5:37 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/385-016

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:17] It seems to me that I just don't know what to do with it.
[0:22] I feel like I have a lot more confidence in what I'm going to do.
[0:24] I'm going to be here.
[0:24] I'm going to be here.
[0:25] I'm going to be here.
[0:25] I'm going to be here.
[0:27] The second point is, if we were to go back, I'm sure that some of the, a lot of our message chains that we're going to have to look at are not necessarily what we're calling for everywhere.
[0:57] Well, if you're ready for that...
[1:31] that I was required to work in.
[1:54] And, you know, that's just the roughest thing I've ever experienced.
[1:55] And, you know, it's been a long time since I've been here.
[1:56] And, you know, it's been a long time since I've been here.
[1:58] And, you know, it's been a long time since I've been here.
[1:59] And, you know, it's been a long time since I've been here.
[2:00] And, you know,
[2:04] What I don't want them to get is that they all enter the framework like we want them to.
[2:28] They're willing to do what we want them to do.
[2:29] You see, it's not there anymore.
[2:30] We've got to realize what's the way to do the thing.
[2:32] We're ready to let them have it, but we're not going to let them have it.
[2:35] I know what happens.
[2:54] There's all these tortuous, tortuous, you know, negotiations.
[3:03] You've got to track down the man down in the middle of the mountain.
[3:07] Well, that's the way we are.
[3:31] You're being out there and being bad.
[3:38] The thing I want, what I'm at at this point, is to quit that.
[4:01] I'm going to stay around.
[4:03] I have a couple days.
[4:05] I have a recess.
[4:06] It's necessary that they say that.
[4:06] I'm going to recess.
[4:07] I'm going to start going.
[4:08] Thank you.