Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 477-004
Date: Monday, April 12, 1971 at 12:42 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/477-004

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[0:00] I'm going to have lunch with some rocky fellow who, three weeks ago, was reporting about having to say nothing on Vietnam, so I...
[0:16] I'll give him a little help.
[0:16] That's how it is between them.
[0:17] So, come on.
[0:17] The three brothers, between them, have a little bit of guts, but I...
[0:20] What the hell is the matter with that?
[0:29] Because the American families, it's a...
[0:32] It is really a tragedy.
[0:33] They're so close to making it.
[0:36] Well, they don't have the ground up.
[0:38] So they must have talked about it.
[0:39] No, they will.
[0:39] They're not going to make it.
[0:40] They're not going to make it.
[0:40] We've got a hell of a problem here, which we'll talk about later.
[0:45] You know, that little gal is a smart one.
[1:02] God damn, why she doesn't talk to all these people.
[1:04] She gets right in the seat and talks to all of them.
[1:10] What we will do is put her on an actual committee.
[1:11] She can be in charge of art and so forth.
[1:12] I'll sign up for something.
[1:13] I appreciate your work, the letter on that.
[1:14] You know, she'll broker that all over here.
[1:15] But you know, we're not really
[1:25] She stayed very close, but God damn, you know, these Chinese folks, they've been out for years, and they're still fighting.
[1:38] God damn, can't we fight?
[1:39] What I do about hell is the matter with us.
[1:43] We've got no place to go really because of it.
[1:44] What they're eating, they ought to see.
[1:45] They don't have a press photo on this particular fish, do they?
[1:49] They do, yes, sir.
[1:50] It's kind of a remarkable thing to play high art in the environment.
[1:59] That's right.
[2:06] So we have the curious situation because all this business about deadlines.
[2:18] You, the government, that's one thing they want now.
[2:22] They are terrified you're going to make it.
[2:25] They know that, but all they have to do is protect your mineral rights.
[2:37] You have to have a drug to know when you're withdrawing.
[2:43] The thing is, where we have those is prison.
[2:44] I've got to get, uh, did Colton talk to you about this line on prison?
[2:45] Well, I'll talk to you about it.
[2:46] We've got to get a decision on that, but we can hope so we keep the wire and stay alive.
[2:50] Because those first-year gals have gone to all the spots where we stand around.