Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 460-005
Date: Friday, February 26, 1971 at 12:35 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Laird, Melvin R.; Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.); Kissinger, Henry A.; Henderson, Nigel
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/460-005

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[0:00] I'll take care of it.
[0:19] All right.
[0:23] How are you?
[0:23] She's very good.
[0:23] Ladies, we have a long meeting today.
[0:24] I know it's been a while.
[0:25] You're a busy man.
[0:25] This is the second one.
[0:26] I'd like to hear from you.
[0:26] If you'd like to get a little photograph of your private album, we wouldn't wish.
[0:28] We have a lady's bike.
[0:28] Which is the lady's bike?
[0:29] Is it right?
[0:50] I don't know.
[0:51] We have some battle speakers now, though, and you can send those over and put them on his plan.
[0:53] I thought I made those available.
[0:53] Yes, sir.
[0:53] Sit down here.
[0:54] Sit down here.
[0:54] I know you're having lunch with the secretary.
[1:12] I know he's busy out here.
[1:23] All right.
[1:54] We'll be right back.
[2:06] We'll be right back.
[2:06] We'll be right back.
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[2:50] At the present time, we are concerned about the hotspots in the world.
[3:18] Actually, for us, one is Vietnam, the most immediate hotspot.
[3:20] And that is a very dangerous one.
[3:21] And it has been hard to stare unnaturally on NATO for reasons of your harm, Major, than I am.
[3:41] I have always believed, long before I came to this office, since I have been here, that when you look at the important rather than the urgent, NATO stands at the top of the list.
[3:47] And we have to realize, too, that as far as our Soviet jets are concerned,
[3:50] That's still what they're getting into.
[3:58] Oh yes, they're worried about China, but that's 10 years from now.
[4:00] You know, that's what they are.
[4:01] But then they're all, when you look at their, whether it's, whether they're talking about a soul, you look at the soul, their soul positions, their soul positions,
[4:08] while it's encouraging to know they're not run cold, their salt positions aren't always trying to get our forward areas.
[4:29] They know that's the move, Jim, that they had to burn the land for all these other reasons.
[4:31] For that reason, at this time, we can't.
[4:33] to keep the screw lines together and find a new basis, or a better basis for a future supporter.
[4:45] And in particular, because I'm a horrible type, and I said it in 6th Street, if we had...
[4:47] we can develop what I think is a more credible, conventional deterrent.
[5:02] Because we, in all ways, how much has happened even since you took over, but I remember we could talk with great credibility about
[10:24] Well, we just wanted to know that this nation, as well as all the other nations, and they all do a very great job.
[10:44] And we, if you wish, we hope to be successful in, shall we say, cooperating with you.
[10:47] Well, we'll see you later.
[11:08] I'll try to get a further response there.
[11:10] Can you, can you, can you, that's all right.
[11:28] You can't do anything about it.
[11:29] All right, thank you.
[11:33] Right.
[11:37] But, you know, I don't get it.
[11:56] I don't get it.
[11:56] I don't get it.
[11:56] I don't get it.
[11:57] I don't get it.
[11:57] I don't get it.