Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 781-002
Date: Monday, September 18, 1972 at 8:25 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/781-002

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[0:00] The bills that you may want to veto, potential veto bills for the big four.
[0:09] What's that?
[0:10] Scott.
[0:10] Austin Cole because he's.
[0:29] The bill says here there are a number of bills that will be coming up which are substantially above budget or have program deficiencies.
[0:35] I suggest this meeting be devoted to review of those bills, which may face presidential veto.
[0:43] Who's suggesting that?
[0:45] Berlickman and Weinberger together.
[0:46] Well, just don't give me a memorandum on it.
[0:49] You have a memorandum.
[0:51] On the bills?
[0:52] No, no, no.
[0:53] You can do that in the discussion.
[0:54] I have to know what the discussion is.
[1:02] Well, y'all are right.
[1:37] He's got to be extremely careful not to inform us what we're going to do.
[1:42] Yeah.
[1:44] He doesn't.
[1:45] Yeah.
[1:45] We never can tell Scott and those people what we're going to do.
[1:49] So I need to know.
[1:50] I need a very careful memorandum.
[1:57] As a filling item, one of these days this week, Frank Vanderland, who just wrote the book Next Quest for Peace.
[2:04] Yeah.
[2:05] They kept that open.
[2:17] And let's give them, I think we may as well just give them breakfast tomorrow.
[2:21] Let's make breakfast.
[2:25] Okay.
[2:25] Eight o'clock, I guess.
[2:28] The four leaders.
[2:29] That's right, man.
[2:29] The four leaders.
[2:32] Weingert and Timmons, and they'd like Coles in.
[2:35] Fine, Coles, too.
[2:36] I have a recommendation.
[2:40] Fine.
[2:42] Wait a minute.
[2:44] Weingert, Coles.
[2:47] Yeah, all right.
[2:48] That's fine.