Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 468-003
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1971 at 8:57 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.)
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/468-003
National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417176181 (NAID 417176181)

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[0:00] There's still no opening in the weather in the north so that we can hit those trees and pass the check.
[0:58] I stole a lot of those.
[1:20] Pretty well.
[1:22] But at least the plant's still coming off where they installed the intermediate stove.
[1:27] It's up to hanging in there for three or four weeks now.
[2:00] We've got a new tank that goes to the aircraft.
[2:12] It's on our aircraft planes.
[2:13] About a half, seven minutes.
[2:13] I'll back up when these people listen to me.
[2:16] You're good?
[2:29] a lot of other stuff in those passes, right?
[2:42] Because they had such a... Well, I know of many people talking about the fact that the truck traffic is heavy.
[2:48] Of course, they've got to get to where they're at.
[2:53] The question is how heavy it is down below.
[2:55] Yeah.
[2:55] The...
[2:55] The morale of the Vietnamese is very good.
[3:05] The case on attack, and it was built up, but apparently it was not serious in terms of damage.
[3:19] Sure.
[3:21] Yeah.
[3:21] All right.
[3:23] Yeah, that's right.
[3:25] Well, keep your eye on those passes.
[3:30] Every day I try to get her to record that weather a little bit.
[3:36] Once you've got these, it takes you two days to have the weather clear before you start it.