Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 721-002
Date: Monday, May 8, 1972 at 8:38 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/721-002

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[0:16] matter and I imagine he's pretty upset about that.
[0:22] Some letters I wrote in COVID.
[0:26] I don't know what the letter is, but I did COVID.
[0:32] But did we, did I send it?
[0:37] Well, first it's done, it's done.
[0:41] I suppose it's a
[0:44] I should have been clear about it, probably in this case, but he wouldn't have killed him.
[1:02] Well, if you want to give Rob a call, try to find out who his hand was on.
[1:09] After all, he's got a bill up there.
[1:14] week or whatever it is, and it looks as if we deliberately intervened.
[1:25] Also, it is our position, but on the other hand, when it's a political matter like that,
[1:41] Somebody wants to just push it through.
[1:45] We do check it out and let me know if there's any of that.
[1:50] Would you call her out?
[1:50] Call her out.
[1:51] I mean, how can you handle it with anyone?
[1:53] Could you say it?
[2:09] Yeah, you see?
[2:10] However we deal with the abortion issue, and we do deal this way, that's a national problem.
[2:14] We don't want to screw up Rockefeller Jr. and get in the middle of a fight between the cabinet clerks, the conservative party, and Rockefeller.
[2:21] That's what this is all about, you know.
[2:24] And it's a fight for .
[2:26] So I got ahold of him very soon, and I said, I called, expressed concern about him, and that this was simply, frankly, a form that we had used on this.
[2:39] I don't know what that meant.
[2:41] We have always carefully said that we didn't educate any.
[2:49] I mean, it's an each-day state matter.
[2:51] That's what we all do.
[2:53] It's a farm of views for ourselves.
[2:56] But what was it like?
[2:57] What did it say?
[2:57] I don't know.
[2:59] Did it say to be imposed in New York?
[3:38] So it did.
[3:38] So, I don't know how, when that name thing goes, it's all very good, but it just, probably came out of a political group.
[3:54] You can't, you can't post that group.
[4:10] Okay.