Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 421-019
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 1973 at 6:01 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Scowcroft, Brent G. (Gen.)
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/421-019

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[0:00] Hi.
[0:29] You know, I'm not sure.
[0:30] They're talking about what they're going to do to the police.
[0:48] We're better off doing it now rather than then.
[0:49] We'll make a much clearer case when we still have P.O.W.s.
[0:55] And then after the Q has come, what I'd like to see would be judged.
[0:57] And there certainly is not going to be any clear case
[1:01] The bulk of the evidence indicates that they don't know off on their reason why it does this internet with no reason at all.
[1:23] The pattern is just about the pattern of the previous year.
[1:25] Very heavy.
[1:26] Now the answer to this is yes.
[1:38] the momentum of the provocation, which would probably be to press conferences.
[2:13] I'm not sure it's so much between now and two or three weeks as it is between, if it's a case of now or never.
[2:39] The question is whether now is the correct answer.
[2:40] That's right.
[2:40] Well, it's not clear.
[2:41] It certainly has no answer.
[2:41] It gives a slight signal.
[2:46] We do it for a few days, and we stop.
[2:49] So then if they don't stop, there is a foundation.
[3:57] Thank you.
[4:21] No, I don't.
[4:21] I don't feel as though.
[4:22] They were able to go on and we wanted some kind of performance.
[4:24] That's right, then we're almost