Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 642-004
Date: Monday, January 3, 1972 at 8:15 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/642-004

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[2:10:03] NIXON: Chuck and, and Peterson, Rumsfeld.
[2:10:07] HALDEMAN: And Ziegler, Shultz, Ehrlichman, Finch.
[2:10:10] NIXON: No Ziegler, no Finch.
[2:10:12] HALDEMAN: No Ziegler, no Finch.
[2:10:13] NIXON: No. That's, that's--
[2:10:15] HALDEMAN: Peterson,
[2:10:16] NIXON: Yeah.
[2:10:17] HALDEMAN: Colson, Shultz,
[2:10:19] NIXON: Rumsfeld and MacGregor.
[2:10:21] HALDEMAN: MacGregor, okay.
[2:10:22] NIXON: Yeah. That's a group.
[2:10:23] HALDEMAN: Okay.
[2:10:25] NIXON: It's purely on the congressional side.
[2:10:28] HALDEMAN: Ehrlichman?
[2:10:30] NIXON: No, wait. Wait a minute. Rumsfeld is on the economic side, that's right.
[2:10:34] HALDEMAN: Rumsfeld, and, well Shultz and Peterson are too. It's the, it's the domestic program as well as the legislative program.
[2:10:39] NIXON: All right. Well, put Ehrlichman on it, but not Finch and Ziegler.
[2:10:43] HALDEMAN: Okay.
[2:10:44] NIXON: No, I don't see any need to have either one.
[2:10:46] HALDEMAN: Okay.