Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 664-001 Date: Wednesday, February 2, 1972 at 8:51 AM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator Recording device: Oval Office Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/664-001 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [15:48] I mean from a domestic standpoint, that's all he writes about domestic politics. [15:50] No, virtually no. [15:53] No, we get away with that. [15:56] When I talked to Nelson about Keating yesterday, he was babbling all over the place. [16:02] It was a tremendous thing to watch. [16:06] You know something that we've got to bear in mind? [16:08] I don't want everything I know, job, whatever, but the... the... the character challenge is just when I have one massive [16:22] I don't think it's going to be unfavorable. [16:26] I just can't. [16:27] It's going to be favorable. [16:30] Unless these Chinese let us down completely, they're going to let these people in cotton wool. [16:37] It's just going to be such a... You've laid the groundwork awfully well for this. [16:47] This is an opening, not a conclusion. [16:50] It's not too expected.