Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 843-007
Date: Friday, January 26, 1973 at 10:11 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/843-007

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[0:01] I thought they had... Is he recommending it?
[0:17] Because the last I heard was that he said we should not allow her to request a call.
[0:28] And they were trying to...
[0:31] I don't mind, Henry.
[0:32] Henry doesn't want you to see me.
[0:33] Oh.
[0:33] He doesn't?
[0:34] Well, that was the last I got.
[0:36] Listen, if I got no dope letter, the idea being, uh, I'll just give you this piece of paper and have Price give off the letter.
[0:42] A letter should go to the, uh, the, uh, Republicans in the Congress.
[0:45] A letter should, uh, uh, get something like the battle of the election beginning.
[1:01] I, uh...
[1:33] This budget is, as I stated in my remarks, this budget is a no-cash increase.
[1:38] If I open the line, would we not only make sure
[2:26] I would appreciate your consideration.
[2:59] There's a copy.
[3:00] Any of them.
[3:01] Christ or somebody could get the damn letter.
[3:06] And I would send it for all if they could get a copy of the speech.
[3:09] Send it to all members of all Republican members of the House and all Republican members of the Senate with the first name in each one.
[3:18] And then also send it to
[3:42] I'm going to ask you.
[3:51] Why don't people say that?
[4:03] Bill could cover all of that, but he could just cover some of the budget classes, copy, print, speech, and the rest of the things.
[4:07] And send his budget messages to Congress.
[4:09] It's a serious thing.
[4:15] It just doesn't have to have everybody be next to me if I have any chance.
[4:24] But I think I should send a letter to the Republicans on the bill.
[4:38] I don't think the desire to submit to the Congress would be that much easier.
[5:46] They'll all be in the roast dog room, but only three will come in to the leadership.
[5:56] You can't take the whole bunch in.
[5:58] You just have to take care of the leadership.
[6:25] Well, they're at least learning that it's over.
[6:28] That's the main thing they need.
[6:34] So it's re-marrying every day.
[6:35] Well, it's been tougher until they, I don't know, until they know.
[6:37] But I guess, really, they'll know tomorrow.
[6:40] If they give us the list of prisoners.
[6:47] Anybody that's not on the list, I guess that's it.
[7:57] You're sure it's not on this file?
[7:59] I'm sorry.
[8:01] I'm virtually sure, yeah.
[8:02] Ron said he talked to Freedon.
[8:15] There has been a problem with that.
[8:18] All right.
[8:18] It's set on email.
[8:58] to cut off the meetings.
[9:00] Basically, you don't have to go to the full court.
[9:09] You don't have to come here and kind of do what I've been saying in the meeting here.
[9:13] They don't give certs so much.
[9:15] You get a little bit shorter.
[9:16] I sure do.
[9:16] Everything gets a little bit shorter.
[9:18] And we have there's a box down.
[9:18] You just sit around.
[9:19] We all get a little bit more of an opportunity to get asked.
[9:27] It's basically...
[9:28] I have a lot of disparity.
[9:30] Disparity, right?
[9:32] That is, disparity comes out every two hours.
[9:34] That's it.
[9:35] But he didn't begin to walk out.
[9:36] I've got to go to a little committee meeting, and he'll choose me, Mr. President.
[9:41] He was the first one to say, well, let's all quit.
[9:43] Don't you agree?
[10:21] That will not help her any good.
[10:22] The budget has to get softened for consumption.
[10:27] And my political pros, they can't get it, and that's not a problem.
[10:32] It's a great technology.
[10:34] Sample.
[10:34] Exartic.
[10:35] Yeah, exartic.
[10:58] I don't know.
[10:59] I don't know.
[11:22] A, he can handle it.
[11:23] B, he's got a staff up there he can put to work or he can kick out and get some good people on and get some of that taken care of.
[11:33] And it builds his position.
[11:34] It makes it meaningful to be the national chairman.
[11:36] I'm sure of it.
[11:58] They are going to have one of their own.
[12:07] Lots of herders, they are.
[12:15] What?