Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 421-013
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 1973 at 4:23 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/421-013

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[0:00] Well, anyhow, do you have any further thoughts with regard to our .
[0:27] I'm waiting for .
[0:30] Yeah, let me say this.
[0:46] I've been thinking about it.
[0:48] I've been thinking about it.
[0:54] Thank you.
[1:27] Yeah, I want to tell you what I did on that .
[1:55] The agreement is that we expect them out of Laos then.
[2:17] That part of the agreement.
[2:25] But I certainly, I don't think that I can justify this.
[2:46] At least nine guys were there, they had a right to get arrested.
[2:48] Every one of them, which is important.
[2:49] So in other words, when Scowcroft raised this this morning,
[2:58] Is that sound about right to you?
[3:26] Yeah.
[3:26] Yeah.
[3:27] Yeah.
[3:27] Right.
[3:27] What?
[3:27] They were some.
[3:27] The eye couldn't sense that.
[3:28] So at the moment,
[4:20] American Press, of course, just made something entirely different over the two.
[4:32] I was just thinking, you know, part of that.
[4:33] So whatever, I think it doesn't go on that score.
[4:34] I don't know if it's part of the reaction to your concerns.
[4:40] I guess another thing to follow up.
[5:18] Oh, yeah.
[5:51] I just don't know that.
[6:56] As a matter of fact, the point is, when you look at my statement last week, even when I was repressed, there's been sort of a claim that there has been some drop-off to the right.
[7:24] That's true.
[7:24] Well, that doesn't hurt us, though.
[7:25] It doesn't hurt us here.
[7:25] We don't believe in that.
[7:32] I think the warning was probably worthwhile.
[7:44] I don't like to make warnings.
[7:46] I guess it was worthwhile.
[7:48] They haven't done anything to make me have to do it.
[7:51] That's the way we look at it.
[8:12] You've got to figure this.
[8:40] As a matter of fact, on that score,
[8:44] ... ... ... ... ...
[9:13] We put a couple of them to the right.
[9:23] ... ... ... ...
[9:53] I'm a couple of theses.
[10:06] That's the problem.
[10:15] You know, we're respectful.
[10:16] I see what you're saying.
[10:16] We're respectful of that.
[10:17] You know, when you start to think of, you know, at this point, you're not the only one.
[10:18] You know, there's a lot of people out there.
[10:20] There's a lot of people out there.
[10:21] Like, there's part of the problem.
[10:22] I think this is amazing.
[11:01] Well, we'll see.
[11:06] Of course, he's sitting down there.
[11:19] I don't know.
[11:20] It's a little hard.
[11:20] It's pretty easy to call him out there.
[11:21] Yeah.
[11:21] Yeah.
[11:21] Yeah.
[11:22] That's right.
[11:22] But what are you doing?
[11:45] I didn't actually know you made them.
[12:16] I'm sorry.
[12:25] The defense is in it, right?
[12:38] Yeah.
[12:39] Yeah.
[12:39] You know, looking at you.
[12:46] Thank you.
[13:28] Okay, I'll wait.