Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 433-019
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 1973 at 1:24 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ford, Gerald R.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/433-019

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[0:00] Ready.
[0:05] I'll take him first.
[0:08] I want to express my appreciation for your note, tell you to keep the faith, and tell the guys, God and Emmett, to get off their ass and start fighting back.
[0:21] Okay, boy.
[0:22] Just want to get to know that I deeply appreciate the little belt that I saw, and I was most moved by it.
[0:31] What I did, it was the most painful thing I've ever done to take two totally innocent men and just have to stack them.
[0:38] But they had to be stacked.
[0:43] And they could have done it themselves, but then I had to do it myself.
[0:50] But if you could, get a few of the congressmen and senators to speak up and say a word for Christ's sake to me.
[0:58] You got Percy out saying he's a special prosecutor, but he asked, oh, he's running for president.
[1:03] But good God.
[1:05] Elliot Richardson is a special prosecutor.
[1:08] You know that.
[1:10] But can't you get it to him, Jerry?
[1:18] Well, you stand firm, old boy.
[1:21] All right.
[1:24] Thank you.