Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 777-005 Date: Thursday, September 14, 1972 at 6:05 PM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob") Recording device: Oval Office Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/777-005 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:08] Oh, I think that's... [0:44] Yeah, we had that . [1:25] I like it so much. [1:54] You know, he shouldn't punish himself by reading all the columns. [2:00] Well, now he can't change it. [2:02] Now they're not downgrading him. [2:04] They're not writing him. [2:05] For a while there was a vicious thing. [2:07] Everybody kept saying that he was a laughingstock to the cocktail circuit and that kind of stuff. [2:12] But not saying that anymore. [2:14] What Henry's doing is so far, the results and all have been so [2:24] I think nobody expects that the Secretary of State could do it.