Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 675-013
Date: Tuesday, February 29, 1972 at 1:28 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Peterson, Peter G.; Peterson, Jim; Peterson, Holly; Peterson, Michael; Rogers, William P.; Connally, John B.; Laird, Melvin R.; Mitchell, John N.; Morton, Rogers C. B.; Hodgson, James D.; Richardson, Elliot L.; Romney, George W.; Volpe, John A.; Kennedy, David M.; Shultz, George P.; Bush, George H. W.; Lynn, James T.; Lynn, James T. (Mrs.); Sweitzer, Brandon W.; Braden, Jean; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Walker, Ronald H.; Reilly, Gerald; Atkins, Oliver F. ("Ollie")
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/675-013

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[0:04] Do you want me to take place a year from now?
[0:05] No, I don't want to give you that.
[0:06] It's a half of a night here.
[0:06] I'll be in.
[0:06] I'll be in.
[0:07] I'll be in.
[0:07] I'll be in.
[0:07] I'll be in.
[0:24] uh... uh... uh...
[0:42] Well, why do you think that's a good idea?
[0:43] I don't know.
[0:43] I don't know.
[0:44] I don't know.
[0:44] I don't know.
[0:44] I don't know.
[0:45] I don't know.
[1:13] Thank you.
[1:46] Yes.
[2:08] Yes, sir.
[2:08] Yes, sir.
[2:36] Yeah.
[2:57] Thank you.
[3:16] Well, I hope you have a good night.
[3:17] I hope you have a good night.
[3:47] You raise your right hand and repeat after me.
[3:49] I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I,
[4:17] But I take this obligation freely, and I take this obligation freely, without any mental reprimand, or evidence, or evasion, without any mental reprimand, or evasion, or evasion.
[4:30] that I will well and thankfully judge the doings of the office on foot and above.
[4:35] Thank you.
[4:36] I will well and thankfully judge the doings on foot and above.
[4:40] I will well and thankfully judge the doings on foot and above.
[5:05] Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
[5:21] One, two, three, four, go.
[5:22] Let me see.
[5:55] Good one, Ollie.
[5:57] Come on.
[5:57] Now wait.
[5:59] Let's see what Ollie's got.
[6:06] Why don't you step over and, you know, you've got a cat.
[6:12] Yes, there is a cat.
[6:16] Now, the cat's been, can come up and officially congratulate the guy.
[6:24] I mean, that's an L.A. cat.
[6:26] I mean, he just got through the Senate of the State.
[6:29] There you go.
[6:33] Thank you.
[7:04] All right.
[7:36] Thank you very much.
[7:59] Thank you.
[8:28] We'll see you again tomorrow.
[8:30] in case the date falls.
[8:31] I'm not going to believe you.
[8:32] I was up at Camp David and I couldn't have figured it out.
[8:33] What?
[8:33] Michael, let's go, buddy.
[8:34] First thing, if our budget is still up, we'll have it by the end of the night.
[8:36] We're going to work both nights.
[8:36] You don't hear anything.
[9:01] Yep, let's go.
[9:02] That's worse.
[9:03] Come on, get it out of here.
[9:03] Get it out of here.
[9:04] All right.
[9:04] It's over.
[9:05] All right.
[9:17] Oh, my God.
[9:46] I don't understand.