Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 817-015
Date: Thursday, November 30, 1972 at 12:15 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/817-015

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[0:00] President, I have five more minutes with the Vietnamese.
[0:02] They haven't gotten through here with their message.
[0:04] They've got another three days to know of how they need these changes.
[0:09] And I've told them there's no chance.
[0:12] They've got only one choice, to work with us or to work separately.
[0:16] But let me find out what their additional message is before they see you.
[0:19] We need an additional message on that.
[0:23] But listen, in reply to what I told them yesterday, after the meeting,
[0:30] the other thing is the more i think about it i think the meeting with him with me prior to maybe a hell of a bomb patrol i've told him understand that with me it was with the clear understanding that i'm not there to negotiate
[1:05] retaliation in the event that we did it.
[1:08] I wanted to hear it from me personally.
[1:10] I think there is a hell of a lot to be said for it.
[1:13] See?
[1:14] I think, and from every point of view, it would be, from a public point of view, I've already mentioned it to him, not because I say that this is something that we have agreement, we want to hear it from him personally, but John, that I cannot