Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 773-009
Date: Friday, September 8, 1972 at 11:32 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Tower, John G.; Baker, Howard H., Jr.; Timmons, William E.; Atkins, Oliver F. ("Ollie")
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/773-009

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[0:00] Hi, my honor.
[0:00] How are you, sir?
[0:02] There's a two callers.
[0:04] Thank you.
[0:04] Who's on the duty?
[0:05] I am.
[0:06] All right.
[0:06] All right.
[0:07] Let's see.
[0:07] Should we do it?
[0:08] We want to see it.
[0:11] All right.
[0:12] Get out here.
[0:13] I'll be one.
[0:14] I think it's something with the main thing.
[0:21] You've got to get on.
[0:23] You've got to run it.
[0:27] Okay.
[0:32] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[1:04] I haven't.
[1:07] I don't know what you're talking about.
[1:19] I don't know what you're talking about.
[1:32] I reckon we'll take the same picture.
[1:38] Oh, yeah, we've got the stills first.
[1:41] Absolutely, absolutely.
[1:44] We've got a congressional candidate who's running the congressional list.
[1:51] Thanks, sir.
[1:53] I don't know about people, but Norman Thomas practically got more votes than that.
[2:04] I think that Thomas was working there.
[2:08] Well, I think it's a good point.
[2:17] Well, it is, but it's, uh, there isn't a lot of government.
[2:22] Right this minute.
[2:23] I don't think you're...
[2:24] I mean, yeah.
[2:25] Can you compare what I suppose takes the Dix-Johnson's line?
[2:29] Uh, he doesn't take any line at the moment.
[2:31] He's trying to disqualify the governor.
[2:33] He'll be a loyal Democrat and all that.
[2:34] Well, let him disqualify the governor.
[2:36] Yeah, he, my man says that he's going to vote for the governor and not support him.
[2:40] Well, that's what I'm trying to say.
[2:41] I'm already about to get out of the way.
[2:42] Actually, listen, be sure if they come up with a warning, you just got to...
[2:47] The war issue is very much on our side.
[2:51] Anybody who picks, they put a hard line on that, on our side.
[2:59] It's just devastating.
[3:00] That's why we've got to respond to this.
[3:01] We'll get people to vote with us.
[3:04] If you put a war on defense, and particularly where it has to do with the institution of Congress, government, or putting it on defense, not just
[3:19] Thank you.
[3:46] I think I'll start right there, so you guys don't have to worry about me.
[3:47] I've been sitting here for a couple of years, and I've been watching this on my phone.
[3:49] Yeah.
[3:49] I've been watching this on my phone.
[4:15] Whatever's worth, it's probably not worth much.
[4:43] My visualization is that all of these will take about three weeks, but not as great as the test you came up with.
[4:50] Good one, Senator Lubbs.
[4:51] Thank you, Dan.
[4:53] That's right.
[4:54] It gives you, as we're about to say, a bit worse direction for people to get out.
[4:58] Where we want to kind of see it becomes, it'd be great if we had a multiple admittance, but if we can't do that, that's quite possible.
[5:06] Turn out a little piece of metal, doesn't it?
[5:10] It's possible, it's such a big system.
[5:18] Thank you.