Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 719-023
Date: Thursday, May 4, 1972 at 1:51 PM
Participants: United States Secret Service agents
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/719-023

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[3:49:13] And it just irritated the shit out of Bryce.
[3:49:38] Well, Bob, as far as the bombing of North Vietnam, our own poll shows clearly that people are for that.
[3:49:44] That's one thing that's staying clear.
[3:49:51] We've got to do it now.
[3:49:53] After the fact, you know, the road, he finally came to his position not knowing the poll.
[3:49:57] And he said, he said, I would have, I said two things.
[3:50:02] And 60% say that wasn't very far off.
[3:50:04] But his point was two-thirds of the people want you to go to the summit, regardless of what's happening in Vietnam.
[3:50:10] They don't see it as being one precluding the other.
[3:50:15] That's why you shouldn't cancel the summit.
[3:50:22] Plus, that way, if you get a chance of keeping the summit on, if you cancel it, then it's done.
[3:50:28] So why do you have to set 50-50, and exist at 50-50 if you try to get less?
[3:50:30] Sorry, better than 80-20, 20-20.
[3:50:31] We're not that close.
[3:50:32] So you still ask that or not.
[3:50:33] We just want to be better than the worst.