Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 399-008
Date: Monday, January 22, 1973 at 9:47 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/399-008

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[0:00] But I'll, I told Eric before he left that, working on my remarks, I had something infectious in my mind, and I said that I would be going.
[0:26] I, of course, have had people who lose their lives, and people with grief.
[0:28] The main thing I want to be sure of is that
[0:38] He's got a lot of .
[1:03] I mean, I think he's ever .
[1:03] Yeah.
[1:03] Right.
[1:04] But it's been too long now, I think.
[1:04] But I mean, I don't know what it is.
[1:05] But I have to cut it in half, actually.
[1:06] I really think .
[1:06] I mean, I don't mean to .
[1:07] But I don't .
[1:07] You agree?
[1:30] I think, I think
[1:41] But with regard to that, I suppose it's a good moment.
[2:15] We'll wait and see what I said and so forth, but after I step out, he's going to have a hell of a time.
[2:37] I hope so.
[2:37] I hope so.
[2:37] Yeah.
[2:37] Well, you're helping too.
[3:00] Is that right?
[3:25] No, I didn't see it.
[3:56] That's what we're hearing about, isn't it?
[4:42] You'll be okay.
[5:11] Yeah.
[5:11] No, no, no, no.
[5:11] Okay.
[5:25] Well, I told you that something in the Navy, that's not going to make a difference.
[5:40] If it helps, it would be a difference.
[5:40] It would help us to resolve.
[5:41] And if it doesn't hurt us at all, that's what you have to do.
[5:42] That's the line you have to take.
[5:43] But don't slip into the line.
[5:44] Don't sign into the treaty.
[5:44] That's what the fight is.
[5:45] If you want to slip into the nation, that's what you have to do.
[5:55] Thank you.