Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 532-008
Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1971 at 9:59 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Goldwater, Barry M.; White House operator
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/532-008

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[0:03] Secretary, you followed your remarks up briefly, and the Ambassador had a few remarks, but I think the...
[0:19] Yes, sir.
[0:20] You talked about the world problem, and the fact that this was 68% of the supply to the United States, and significant stuff.
[0:28] Those are points the Secretary made.
[0:30] Sixty percent of all the... All the heroin comes from...
[0:32] 60% parking lot.
[0:38] Right.
[0:42] No, they didn't raise it.
[0:51] They stayed at 60.
[0:52] But we'll see what this does.
[1:01] That's the purpose of it.
[1:03] You think that'll make the announcement?
[1:08] I think so.
[1:12] I think we're on the course all day on radio.
[1:17] I think they'll use probably all of your statements.
[1:29] John Skelly was calling me, Perry, uh, I had known you'd done something.
[1:44] He told me about it, really, uh, uh, on 30 minutes notice, how you went on that ABC program when, when McComber had, uh, on Monday, had McComber into it.
[1:48] But I just wanted to thank you.
[1:51] My colleague had stood there, and one of the guys will, uh, go to bat in that club.
[1:53] That's right.
[1:54] Well, I'll tell you, stir up a few of the other guys to get away.
[1:56] Although, I'll tell you, isn't that house doing well?
[1:57] Oh, the way they go is the other way in that damn dimension.
[1:59] And let me tell you, one of the great men over there, Barry, after a few talks, you can see him as Eddie A.
[2:04] Bear.
[2:04] He's like a rock.
[2:06] He's like a rock.
[2:09] I'm telling you.
[2:11] Yeah.
[2:12] Yeah.
[2:12] When you were, yesterday, all right, but when you're talking to Eddie sometimes, you just might say, anxiety, he was, without him, we couldn't run this.
[2:24] Eddie A.
[2:25] Bear in the house, and of course, John Center stands up in the Senate, but
[2:28] Here it is.
[2:29] As Tony said by then, it's going to be like a rockin' conference until they knock out that baby.
[2:34] Yeah.
[2:36] Okay.
[2:36] Thank you.
[2:41] Well, anyway, I thought you, uh, I think, I don't know if it's just worth getting out and going out with that responsibility.
[2:52] I think so.
[2:52] You've got to see, is there any trouble with your opportunity?
[2:55] It's a hell of a scene under the announcement.
[2:57] Do one thing, you call Pat one hand.
[3:09] Congressman Rangel of New York City, Rangel, R-A-N-G-E-L. Of course, the other thing, too,
[3:26] I'm an advocate of radio, not over TV, but I think radio has an impact.
[3:31] You realize that this is 6 o'clock, 7 o'clock going west, so you have a great deal of drive time and a great deal of the, you know, all of the morning news shows.
[3:40] People get the impression, I hope they get the impression, that we're cutting off the source of supply.
[3:48] Also, that indicates it's bad, too.
[3:49] That's right.
[3:49] I think it has an educational effect.
[3:50] Absolutely.
[3:51] It's just fine.
[3:51] I mean, that's the story, cutting off the supply.
[3:54] Stopping the supply.
[3:55] I think the idea, Judge, is the fact that I said by far the most significant, by far the biggest breakthrough that has been made in our worldwide offensive.
[4:16] Worldwide offensive is to stop the source of supply.
[4:20] That's point one of the first.
[4:21] All right.
[4:21] Thank you.