Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 480-010
Date: Thursday, April 15, 1971 at 12:41 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Sutherland, John P. ("Jack"); Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/480-010

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[4:11] $400, sir.
[4:12] 100.
[11:24] You're amazing.
[13:22] of the Democrats nominating Alfred Jackson.
[13:26] Sir, you must see.
[14:32] We're going to do the TV the following week.
[14:34] Yeah.
[14:35] All right.
[14:36] Thank you, sir.
[14:39] See you.
[14:39] See you.
[15:05] I don't want to waste your time.
[16:34] I know.
[16:34] Initially, you want to make good vaccines.
[16:38] You don't get an office press conference.
[16:40] You want to make a lot of news of that and die the next week with a TV press conference.
[17:58] and keeping it down for one or two days.
[18:09] It's really not that good.
[21:34] Thank you very much.
[22:34] it's just a, was anybody
[24:01] they talking about?
[24:04] They're trying to create
[25:47] Did you explain the budget reduction in a way that was similar to the report you gave?
[26:00] Or did you discuss the matter with maybe just the other figures?
[26:01] Or how did you raise it?
[26:04] I was very disappointed that it had been downplayed as minor figures and we had to get our own three out on the figures.
[26:06] Our interpretation of it.
[26:30] before I come to this office.
[27:17] Anything I do with this life, some of it will die.
[30:01] let him do something and then bring him in and thank him for doing it instead of starting it now.
[30:17] I just wonder if, uh, some of those things will be overreacted.
[30:19] I mean, just, you know, everybody that you've been brushing up, you can have a little change, but if you don't want it, I don't think you're going to be able to do it.
[30:22] I think you're going to be able to see the opposite of your last name.
[30:24] Okay.
[30:24] Okay.