On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:21 pm to 8:57 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-036 of the White House Tapes.
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That's going to take a little time.
They won't.
So this is what they didn't want.
That's why they're already dying.
That's all right, but the fact is they're still going to die.
Well, she's waiting a little bit.
She likes it good.
Well, that was a hundred seconds long.
I've never, never, I haven't had it in a long time.
I'm really excited.
I'm sorry, he's not checked with nobody.
I'm sorry, I'm worried.
I agree, I agree, I agree.
He's starting to get some real trouble now because he's so broken.
Well, I was a hard hitter.
I didn't hear anything.
I had a question.
I was not very good at the thing.
I got a little discouraged by it.
But I didn't realize that the whole establishment,
Everything that's stood for us out there.
If this comes off, everything they have stood for us is wrong.
They're there for us.
They're fighting us.
Fighting us.
Fighting us.
What's interesting is, uh, I pointed out that, uh, I had reached $1,000.
I got $1,000 in cash.
Uh, so they tried to, uh, let me do it, but they checked it.
I didn't have the money.
I couldn't get it back.
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I think the main thing with him is not that he's too old.
I don't know
Ah, I see.
It might be 23.
You know, I don't want to, I mean, I'm making it because it was my first day on that.
And also, there's the whole, like, you know, molesting thing.
I don't want any of us to do any of those things.
If everything just burns, I'm talking to the rest of the craft, and it's dangerous, and it's been doing that.
The way that I read the phone, I don't know if it's very well known, but I read it.
That's what I'm talking about.
I know it's hard.
There's no hell I know what I'm trying to do.
I think part of it is just...
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Welcome, people of the day.
You don't want to let it slip.
Whack, whack, whack, whack, whack.
Right there.
Up in the air.
I don't like the band.
Do you have a weapon in your hand?
No, sir.
What's the matter with you?
You've got to let me out of here.
I know.
We're getting there.
The band's in the way now.
Thank you.
Sorry.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Yes, it is.
There's no place for the blood.
You're welcome, I'll take care of it.
You're welcome, I'll take care of it.
You're welcome, I'll take care of it.
You're welcome, I'll take care of it.
You're welcome, I'll take care of it.
You're welcome, I'll take care of it.
We don't have any control.
I don't know.
You know, being inspired by what you've done and what you want to do and what you want to do.
You know, providing where I'm at.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
This is our first strike.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Thank you.
That's right.
I'm sorry.