Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 441-019
Date: Tuesday, June 5, 1973 at 5:21 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ford, Gerald R.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/441-019

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:03] Hello.
[0:04] Hi, Gary.
[0:05] I had to go up to West Point, so I was just checking on your friend.
[0:10] I agree.
[0:16] Yeah.
[0:19] Yeah, I know.
[0:30] is just another one of those stories that didn't work out.
[0:35] I appreciate your .
[0:36] He's not a vicious law.
[0:40] In constitutional debate.
[0:47] Well, it's a matter of fact, we've got work to do for the country at this time.
[0:51] And by the way, we're going to do it.
[0:54] We're not going to let this Watergate stuff distract us.
[1:02] I knew he would be pleased.
[1:04] I couldn't mention it in the larger group, and I frankly, between you and me, I didn't want to mention it, and you would scoff at me.
[1:12] Because you know why in the least, not from you,
[1:22] He will be the counselor to the President for the Mexican players, and he will be more of an outsider than you'll work on.
[1:31] Also, for your very confidential information, you're going to get rice back July 1st.
[1:37] On the Price thing, that's got to be just between you and me, because he has a parade of conflict of interest problem, and I've got to speak to his boss about it.
[1:44] Everybody's got to blow right up.
[1:47] But you see, with Mel and Price, and Al, we'll have a team there that Bart can handle at a time.
[1:56] Mr. Timmons and his group will still do all the legwork, but I really think we've got a great team, which will really be better than the one we had before.
[2:10] I knew that.
[2:11] As a matter of fact, I look over there and do that mainly because these guys have got to think that I'm acting on it, too.
[2:17] And then we are.
[2:18] We are.
[2:21] And actually, you ought to see that every paper that comes in, Jerry, has got Jim and Peter Ford and he's a real fighter.
[2:28] All right.
[2:36] Yeah.
[2:36] All right.
[2:37] I'll give him a call.
[2:38] Fine.
[2:38] Thank you.
[2:39] Thank you.
[2:47] As a matter of fact, I look over there to him and do that, mainly because these guys have got to think that I'm acting on it, too.
[2:53] And we are.
[2:54] We are.
[2:57] And actually, you ought to see that every paper that comes in, Jerry, has got Jim and Peter Ford against him.
[3:03] He's a real fighter.
[3:04] All right.
[3:08] Yeah.
[3:12] All right.
[3:12] I'll give him a call.
[3:14] Thank you.
[3:15] Thank you.