Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 678-008
Date: Monday, March 6, 1972 at 6:59 PM
Participants: United States Secret Service agents
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/678-008

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[3:54:43] They won't do it.
[3:54:45] But if they do, you must, though, remember to never say, that was what the president said here last day, you must not pay attention to what a senator says.
[3:54:56] They won't pick it up.
[3:54:57] I'm practically certain of that.
[3:55:00] The state was on the record.
[3:55:01] Yeah, the state was on the record.
[3:55:03] Yeah, but Scott is nobody.
[3:55:05] The state is an organ of the government.
[3:55:10] But Scott voted me.
[3:55:11] Or he said it was a little more indirect than that.
[3:55:18] He said it was.
[3:55:20] He didn't say it was.
[3:55:22] It wasn't good, but it was not good.
[3:55:23] I don't know.
[3:55:29] We are having a Cambodian purpose.
[3:55:31] That is, we wanted to instruct Green to warn the Cambodians against making a separate deal.
[3:55:38] Now, Sullivan is blocking that, and because obviously the state has been pushing them into the direction of the separate deal.
[3:55:48] Now, I'm sure that they'll all... Why don't you just give me a memorandum signed?
[3:55:53] Okay.
[3:55:53] Well, if you would let me edit the dispatch, and let me tell them that I...
[3:55:59] can you just say that i i saw it by this uh by franklin's this is a this is totally because it's too dangerous with regard to the opening issue and then bill and i ordered directly from the spanish and i'll call you sure and uh i said well but i think on the letter a lot worse
[3:56:23] Well, maybe, maybe, but we're going to have some.
[3:56:27] And on the other hand, the main thing is that you can have a price to see those great relations.
[3:56:36] Isn't that true?
[3:56:38] Oh, that's it.
[3:56:39] They won't get anywhere near great relations.
[3:56:42] They may bother us on the amount of money.