Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 705-007
Date: Monday, April 10, 1972 at 11:41 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/705-007

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[0:06] I wanted to make sure that when I was walking up, I wanted to make sure they did, and I said to Gaylord Shaw, the AP, because I thought it was important for the Marshal, I said, and I'm not telling you, I'm not saying that a
[0:25] Officials were pushing the line.
[0:27] I said, but just off the record, Chief Daylord, you picked up the significance of that, didn't you?
[0:33] He said, I should have.
[0:35] He said, I should have.
[0:36] I said, the great nations have particular responsibility to, special responsibility, not to encourage directly or indirectly any nation to take the direction of the United States.
[0:50] He got it.
[0:52] Very suddenly done, but I think very effectively done.
[0:55] Well, we want to do it slowly.
[0:56] Okay.
[0:57] Put the team right to the east side.
[0:59] Yes, sir.
[1:01] We're placing our hands in the direction of that 52 shot last night from the ship.
[1:10] Henry said I was in Henry's office this morning talking to Beth's mother.
[1:14] They were bringing a call while I was in there.
[1:17] Henry said he thought that you had gotten an attention.
[1:23] Yeah, but that's what they do in the office.
[1:26] That's all right.
[1:30] I am frankly just as real life as I can be.
[1:32] But these guys are throwing their Sunday punch now.
[1:35] They should have thrown it in about October.
[1:37] And a peace candidate might have said, oh God, let's stop the war.
[1:42] We've got 30 minutes now.
[1:43] And they're not going to win.
[1:45] So we're going to give it to them.
[1:53] The House said the morning reports do interfere with the south-eastern ether.
[1:58] It'll be on the back, back of the Argonaut tree, around Saigon.
[2:02] That's where we'll be.
[2:03] That's where we'll be.
[2:04] That's where we'll be.
[2:05] That's where we'll be.
[2:08] That's where we'll be.
[2:10] That's where we'll be.
[2:11] That's where we'll be.
[2:15] That's where we'll be.
[2:25] Okay, yes sir, they've got a point.
[2:26] I'm going to watch the wires and the feeling in them.
[2:30] No, I'm not sorry.
[2:32] I just want to make sure that it wasn't overlooked.
[2:35] I felt that if AP got it, then the others got it, and AP would force the arrest.
[2:45] Sure.
[2:45] Okay, got it.