Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 441-008
Date: Monday, June 4, 1973 at 9:40 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/441-008

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[0:01] basically is at this point not positive, right?
[0:04] Or still working on it?
[0:08] Yeah, fine.
[0:11] Do you plan to work on it today or?
[0:17] Yeah.
[0:17] Right.
[0:18] Yeah.
[0:18] Well, you know, do your best, but let me say this is no time for main hearts.
[0:23] and uh heavens if the eye gets disturbed by a couple stories over the weekend we know it's rough but we'll have a few more rough ones and we've been through rubber ones too i don't blame them when they have that too you know what i mean okay well thank you al i put the economic meeting three o'clock tomorrow and tell them i want them to meet but i want them firm
[0:52] And just say that the President just feels that he wants a firm thing, one way or another, knocking out the things that I've indicated, that I've decided there's no freeze, and nothing on the gas tax.
[1:02] Now, what else?
[1:03] And keep all the energy out.
[1:06] Huh?
[1:07] All the energy out of this, because I want that done in a separate package from earlier.
[1:11] Everything on energy out.
[1:12] Don't mix it up with other things too much.
[1:15] Okay.