Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 544-006
Date: Friday, July 23, 1971 at 10:21 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/544-006

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[0:06] I mean, we really can't just concern, you know, the government and everything else that we don't appear to be, you know, just running off to China.
[0:27] And even though he's there for a day, well, it won't be a day.
[0:29] It has to be a week and a half, you know.
[0:30] Yeah.
[0:30] Well, it's an enormous story.
[0:30] Whoever knows is going to go with me.
[0:31] You know what I mean?
[0:36] That's right.
[0:46] That's right.
[0:47] That's right.
[0:47] I'll arrange that he can go and have something else.
[0:50] So I'm going to want to have a domestic follow-up at a later time with the domestic council thing.
[0:53] He can go as the leader of the domestic council to see what their economy is and ours, but I don't think he should go in this capacity.
[0:56] I just don't think he should be in the dance band.