Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 426-050
Date: Tuesday, April 10, 1973 at 5:59 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/426-050

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[0:02] Yeah.
[0:09] OK. John, I wanted to check on the economic thing.
[0:30] Anything to do tomorrow?
[0:30] Just one.
[0:31] I don't need that.
[0:31] OK.
[0:32] Well, what's your recommendation?
[0:47] Should I read the options?
[0:55] Because I'll do, you know, we're going to Camp David tomorrow about 4 o'clock, 3 o'clock, 3.30, just to do some research and so forth.
[0:58] And the issue, that's something.
[1:00] But understand, I've never found it too useful to read.
[1:02] Well, no, I don't mind.
[1:16] I don't mind getting saturated in it.
[1:19] Yeah.
[1:19] Throw it.
[1:20] Well, throw it in.
[1:20] Throw the rest.
[1:20] When do you anticipate they'll be ready to... Good.
[1:25] Now, let me say that if they want to have a meeting, one of the best times for me would be Saturday morning.
[1:28] That's about when they'd be ready with me.
[1:33] I talked to .
[1:45] I .
[2:15] What is happening here too, John?
[2:45] Yes, and the Democrats become more and more partisan.
[2:51] For example, one of the few good fallout for this is that it is so goddamn partisan that it makes the Republicans mad.
[2:59] You know, that our guys are not, you know, they're partisan too.
[3:03] Partisanship, free partisanship, I'm sure.
[3:05] But financial... Is that...
[3:13] I also want to ask a question.
[3:41] How much work has been or is being done with regard to building and helping people that are too close?
[4:04] And I get a lot of dislikes from my face now, but it reminds me that there is only a couple of people that are 40, and they know they're going to come up with a question, so they want to come up with a question.
[4:08] And I've always decided that we have to do 40, and we have to ask for it.
[4:14] The other way, I can tell you right now, I marked the day out, but they're not going to tell you about it.
[4:33] Portsmouth must be kept as low as that profile you can, but I made a promise to keep it.
[4:42] I cannot break the promise.
[4:43] Most Philadelphia
[4:45] I also raised the point that one other one was one in Oklahoma, Tinker.
[5:03] The point there, and I put it straight to you, was with Belmont.
[5:10] We want Belmont to run.
[5:10] If Belmont is going to run,
[5:12] Uh, let's, uh, if this is something that is very important, it's worth it.
[5:21] If you just check the belt, unless, I'm not able to, if you see what I mean, if it's good bargaining material for the belt, or if you see the other thing, it could be that the belt is of such a
[5:36] closing in Belmont and say, well, hell, if you close this base, I'm going to run.
[5:49] I don't want to do it.
[5:49] It isn't a lot of money.
[5:51] So let me say that everything closes except half Portsmouth and possibly Tinker on Belmont.
[5:57] But on Tinker and Belmont, don't close it, too, unless the road is not having some effect at all.
[6:02] Okay.