Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 388-017
Date: Wednesday, November 8, 1972 at 3:30 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Colson, Charles W.; White House operator; Butterfield, Alexander P.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/388-017

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[0:00] Oh, hi, how are you?
[0:21] We just, uh, dropped a note to your committee.
[0:22] They wanted to put a meeting up.
[0:23] It was a bunch of food.
[0:24] Why do you think they want to do that?
[0:24] Uh... Well, they let us announce it ahead of time.
[0:25] Well, I'm sorry about it.
[0:26] So, uh... Jack, that's a... Oh, what I'd like to do is to also...
[0:27] I've got to...
[0:28] I've got to...
[0:28] He's calling me.
[0:28] I've got to do that.
[0:29] The, uh...
[0:29] There are those figures for the 24th and 36th selections.
[0:51] I mean, what is this?
[0:52] It's a shadow.
[0:52] Yeah.
[0:52] Okay.
[0:52] Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Tuesday.
[0:53] That has an option on Sunday.
[0:54] Sunday is what?
[0:54] The 9th year.
[0:54] But I'm sure there will be a minute to be moved up to the 7th year.
[0:57] Well, I can tell you that's the value.
[1:15] We're not going to wait that long.
[1:16] The baby's going to be tied on.
[1:17] And that's going to start to... We don't see a queer wedding again.
[1:18] We're going to stay in the limelight.
[1:19] We're going to stay in the limelight.
[1:20] We're going to stay in the limelight.
[1:20] We're going to stay in the limelight.
[1:21] We're going to stay in the limelight.
[1:22] We're going to stay in the limelight.
[1:23] We're going to stay in the limelight.
[1:23] We're going to stay in the limelight.
[1:27] Well, they just probably couldn't get ready with it on Thursday.
[1:52] But they proposed the bullies.
[1:52] It was a bad day.
[1:53] We shouldn't do this in the middle of the week.
[1:54] Because I think the amazing reason is probably because we're close to lunch.
[1:56] They may want to get someone to advise them to do so, but they've got the right to take advantage of that.
[2:19] Right.
[2:19] Second, maybe they want to put out some cool news to prevent the issue of, for whatever reason, I'm not concerned about the delay on that thing.
[2:22] Screw it now.
[2:22] The election is over.
[2:23] So far, it's just doing our time.
[2:23] If I can get it done in a reasonable time.
[2:24] Your trip's already been announced to Saigon.
[2:25] Yes, sir.
[2:30] But I'd like to have the announcement.
[2:56] It's early.
[2:56] So I'm just telling them we have to announce it.
[2:57] The latest draft is my disadvantage of announcing it.
[2:58] Yeah, we do have all the work of all the good partners.
[3:17] We're going to do what we want.
[3:17] All right.
[3:17] And let you, what do you say, don't worry about it.
[3:18] We don't care about it.
[3:19] Time is working in our favor.
[3:20] Let's use the time and use it well.
[3:20] I think she will.
[3:21] The question is, is it going to be Dan and Connor all the way through?
[3:44] That's just that common.
[3:45] It's going to be a little bit out of thin air.
[3:45] We're looking at how that goes right now, too.
[3:46] The election is over, and it's a hell of a thing.
[3:47] And that's the way it is.
[3:48] And if you want the bloodlines, that's where it's going to go.
[3:49] Right?
[3:49] Are they saying they've got a second player?
[3:51] So I'll have to wait until Saturday to propose to the committee.
[4:13] I don't think they're going to propose to the court on Saturday because they're here in the election.
[4:16] They're half-closed.
[4:16] I think she's probably going to have to do that.
[4:17] Maybe there's some reason for that.
[4:18] They may have, they have, we have a lot of information that they arrested, uh, to engage in a sort of new procedure of what would happen in the next three years.
[4:40] We told them that after the next three years, in two weeks, we would report the book and sign it.
[4:42] And I think what they now have to do is to tell their truth.
[4:44] Now, let me say this, though.
[4:44] If there's any of this, please correct me if I'm wrong.
[4:46] We're ruthless as hell.
[5:09] I mean, you're .
[5:09] The options we have, I admit, aren't going to be delayed.
[5:10] They say the plan here punches all of you through the roof, so .
[5:12] So we can get to the day-to-day and say, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
[5:15] But I don't think we can do it in a day or two.
[5:36] We can do it in a day or two.
[5:37] We can do it in a day or two.
[5:37] We want to do it in a day or two.
[5:38] I'm sorry, but the main thing I wanted to say, Allison, you know you're good.
[5:40] I'm sorry.
[5:40] You've got a long time with me.
[5:41] And the main thing is that you have trust.
[5:41] You're all good.
[5:42] I don't want you to trust me.
[5:42] I don't want you to trust me.
[5:44] I don't think I want you to tell him don't test the president at this point.
[6:09] He's got no damn wallet anymore.
[6:33] He's screwing around.
[6:34] It's not going to be taken well.
[6:34] We've got to have a letter.
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