Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 759-008
Date: Wednesday, August 2, 1972 at 11:47 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/759-008

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[0:01] I didn't comb it up yesterday.
[0:51] I don't know if Humphrey wasn't there, maybe.
[1:04] Yeah, because Humphrey said that.
[1:11] Maybe he just said that.
[1:12] Humphrey called him after that.
[1:17] I don't know if he called him last year.
[1:25] Maybe he meant that he had it since he had talked to Andrews last night.
[1:31] I could give you a date.
[1:31] No, it went immediately.
[1:32] I don't care about that.
[1:33] I think it came back and was delivered or something.
[1:36] Well, I didn't have any doubt about it, except that I thought that maybe it was delivered or something.
[1:43] No, no, it went out immediately.
[1:59] And I think one name they put in it, I was like, maybe I shouldn't bother about this, but you continually hear rumors about who, unless an indirectly director was involved in that stupidity of the National Committee.
[2:16] One name that I've heard who might be involved is Rob Oden.
[2:21] Is he over there?
[2:22] No, he's over there.
[2:23] Now, he is also someone that either Julie or Trish, I suppose Trish doesn't know, he was at their wedding.
[2:30] If there is even the slightest suspicion that he could be involved, he should never be in your box at the convention.
[2:37] And I don't know who to say that to.
[2:42] Not mentioned at all.
[2:43] He knows it was Jim.
[2:44] I don't think that he used to get called or that sort of thing.
[2:48] Well, they're questioning everybody, I think.
[2:50] But I just want to see why I'm saying that.
[2:51] Well, I mean, it's the night of the weapons.
[2:53] That's what you mean.
[2:53] They're questioning everybody.
[2:54] That's the question.
[2:55] They're attacking people.
[2:56] Okay, well, see, I just don't know what's trying to protect.
[2:58] I wouldn't want anyone who was called who was maybe trying to be indicted to be in your box.
[3:03] That's right.
[3:04] Well, there's no object in that box.
[3:06] There's no object in that box.
[3:08] There's no object in that box.
[3:21] There are a couple of set-point eye things and the kitchen thing here.
[3:27] Your kitchen, the remodeling of the kitchen.
[3:29] That we might like to look at.
[3:48] This is the C.I.A.
[3:49] report that he gave to you because of its sensitive nature.
[3:55] Because I can't report to you, this is to you directly because of the unusual vulnerability of the sources involved.
[4:45] You want me to just call him back and say that he's dead?
[5:11] Okay.
[5:17] Okay.
[5:39] Did we ever get anything?
[5:44] I don't know.
[5:46] I thought we did.
[5:48] I thought we did get anything.
[6:07] Maybe an ashtray or a couplet or a money clipper, really.
[6:10] Well, I would say that I do both.
[6:12] He came down to the National Committee to give his annual money clip.
[6:15] Well, I don't give him money.
[6:16] I give him money, but couplets and an ashtray, because he's not enough cheese to buy all that stuff for us.
[6:26] Then you've got the water.
[6:27] That's what he brought in to me.
[6:30] But I'm not going to let him see it.
[6:33] He brought it in to me.
[6:34] His name is Knox.
[6:36] And they didn't throw that out.
[6:40] That jelly was spoiled.
[6:41] Did that come in?
[6:42] It was.
[6:43] Sure.
[6:45] It went over to your house and it looked like it was on fire.
[6:49] They put it in some kind of plastic bag or something like that.
[6:53] But don't give this cheese beetroot out because it's good.
[6:58] I've got it in my house.
[6:59] And I don't give you all the crowns or anything.
[7:01] That's right.
[7:02] We can get that in there.
[7:05] I told him, I just left.
[7:09] I told him that he would go in here.
[7:11] Well, if he's still out there, I could accept that.
[7:21] I could bring him in and shake hands and have the kids right here.
[7:28] If he's still there, I will.
[7:29] I'll get the kids and put them in there.