Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 454-003
Date: Friday, February 19, 1971 at 4:59 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ehrlichman, John D.; Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/454-003

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[6:47] In December and November, the seasonally adjusted and the unadjusted were the same.
[7:01] There was no difference.
[7:03] The adjusting didn't change.
[7:08] They screwed us on.
[7:09] The adjusted we have .5, and the unadjusted was .6.
[7:13] And the New York Times headline used the .5, but the Starman Post book used the .6.
[7:20] The NBC used the .6.
[7:21] CBS recorded one of the watches that he raised, and CBS called the grave setback the .6.
[7:36] I mean, I mean, I'm supposed to let that in.
[7:37] I just really feel the other way.
[7:39] And then call.
[7:40] I'm going to race up to the back here.
[7:42] What the hell happened to you here, Kevin?
[10:28] Yeah, we'll be ready as soon as he comes.
[11:02] Okay, he's gonna be on the right.
[11:06] Yeah, once you get it right there, it's over.
[11:12] I'm listening to Craig, Secretary of Trade, he has got to be my man.
[11:19] You see, Parker can't be my man.
[11:23] See, Connolly ranks all the others.
[11:24] He gets close to saying he's the ranking member there.
[11:28] But even assuming that the other is ranking with the White House, that Parker is not the President's man.
[11:42] That's not the way out.
[11:44] That's not the way out.
[11:46] That's not the way out.
[14:01] Huge and blowing up and the pressure's on all the others.
[14:05] Oh, no.
[14:11] A Soviet diplomat's car was set afire on Silver Spring and made the set fire to two other Soviet cars.
[14:17] Are you ready to go out here?
[14:20] No, no, no.
[14:23] I'm going to go out.
[14:24] I'm going to go out.
[14:29] I'm going to go out.
[14:38] That's not the quadrant I love.
[14:39] That's the trigger.
[14:41] Oh, yeah, sorry.
[14:42] I mentioned that you had to hang all of them into the wires and have to get them out.
[14:53] I said, sorry.
[14:55] I already got a good one.
[14:56] I'll just try to at least do four gears.
[14:59] Yeah, great.
[14:59] I've got some.
[15:05] That's a good...
[15:06] I can't hold on any longer.
[15:10] How are you?
[15:11] At what rate that dog's mother and father change?
[15:17] Is that so?
[15:18] It's terrible, right?
[15:20] Let's go back in the middle.