Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 464-004
Date: Tuesday, March 9, 1971 at 8:00 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/464-004

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[0:00] So there's no cross coverage.
[0:23] Public remark, thank you.
[0:24] I guess we can get the pictures.
[0:36] The point is that we have been working on this a long time.
[0:57] We're up against an awful smart guy.
[1:01] I just wondered if...
[1:33] Yeah, and we've got to feed him an awful lot of things.
[1:46] He's in that work on the... Not anymore.
[1:50] He needs to make it really over his head, you know, unless he's going to go beat it.
[1:52] That's going to be just his job, his one job.
[2:01] Senator Zoll, Congressman Ford, perhaps they're not coming.
[2:12] Well, they're expected to come.
[2:32] Because if you like it, you don't start a goddamn meeting.
[2:47] I don't like to walk around and be ready.
[2:48] I am.
[2:48] Well, to find a good thing, I want to really examine it.
[2:50] Because I've done the same thing with a couple of other people.
[2:52] You know, some of the business people.
[2:53] And I've always been, because I think he gets a bad rap because of the fact that he's, you know, considered to be a...
[2:59] inexperienced, youthful, you know, all that sort of stuff.
[3:05] Not one of the big boys.
[3:07] I know, but you said it's his son.
[3:11] You know, it's all that.
[3:13] You know what I'm talking about.
[3:16] God damn it, that's what they said.
[3:19] They said it about textiles.
[3:23] They said it about all the help.
[3:27] They said it about having the airline situation.
[3:29] I mean, because he does well every time I see him.
[3:31] I think he does fine.
[3:32] But, you know, we've got to get him on our own people with the very ruthless,
[3:35] Bob, there must never be any sign of a dog yet.
[3:46] So I've got to lose count.
[3:49] Do you agree?
[3:52] Yes, sir.
[3:53] That's what I'm going to do.
[3:54] No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.