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Conversation 389-005

TapeTape 389StartSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 8:52 AMEndSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 9:00 AMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Rogers, William P.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
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On November 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:52 am to 9:00 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 389-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 389-5

Date: November 4, 1972
Time: 8:52 am - 9:00 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

[See Conversation No. 33-7]
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Hello?
Yeah.
Hello?
Are you getting work started, Mark?
Yeah.
Alright.
Talk about what they call it.
I feel I'm just going to stay right on the line.
I've been on and on and on.
Let me pray for you.
However, there are details and issues
Right.
I was going to say, I never tried to coach.
I expected him to.
I'm still interested.
I know very well what the coach is.
But what is your feeling with that?
I don't know, frankly, how much attention you can give to it.
I mean, I'm not going to give anything to it.
I gave three times today, huh?
But I... No, no, no, no television today.
Well, I have, but it won't be an opportunity to do this because it's the place I like to be.
Please propose.
But all day today, I'll be speaking in ways I'll never even do.
I don't think I caused any attention to him.
I have said we're not going to make any mistakes.
We're going to have peace with honor and not surrender.
I always need to throw that in with honor because that's the most important thing.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
We didn't, we didn't pick them up.
We didn't blow the cover on the same thing.
The points they raised really are to assure that there will be a ceasefire, and that there will be a last, and that it will last, and that the war will start again, and that's all we're trying to get from it.
And that those points should be worked out, and they can be, and will be.
So I'd be very confident that we'll be in agreement on these points.
I think it's, uh, I think the more you can be attacked, the better.
I mean, the more that you can be, you know, I mean, not attacked for, I think, a person, it's, uh, it comes with filtration somewhat, often.
... ... ... ...
But I think we should be very confident that we've got to agree on the big issues.
But we have to do it.
You know, he's starting to become a part of the team.
It's natural.
It's natural.
But, you know, he doesn't have the problems that we have.
He's very good.
I think he's on the team.
He's got a whole team.
He's really, really good.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, well.
Well, today I do, yeah, I...
Monday is, well, I go to a little campaign headquarters in the morning, you know, and I meet, you know, and I do a television time, which is mainly, however, not a, not a, not a, not a, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.
Oh, another thing I need my government to do is go to that party.
I'm going to live.
I'm going to live.
I'm going to live.
I'm going to live.
I'm going to live.
I'm going to live.
I'm going to live.
I'm going to live.
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