Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 860-009
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 1973 at 3:23 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/860-009

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative.

[0:06] How did you get along today?
[0:17] Good.
[0:18] The beach is going to do it.
[0:23] Yeah.
[0:38] i've been eating quite a bit every day right now and uh poe and uh
[1:05] What else did you do today?
[1:06] A lot of interviews.
[1:09] I let Jerry breathe today, so.
[1:10] Well, that's not for sure.
[1:14] Well, they've got to get you to communicate for tomorrow.
[1:18] There was really nothing more.
[1:19] Your radio speech carried the news today, so.
[1:22] Well, that's right.
[1:24] We need to read it.
[1:25] So there's no reason to kick the radio tomorrow.
[1:28] If I went out, I would have had to respond to the Hud and Hud-Liddy thing, so I let them hear it.
[1:35] Yeah, I don't need a beard.
[1:39] I guess that would be a continuing running story.
[1:55] He just said, he carried me away with this.
[2:00] He said, well, I haven't read the
[2:06] Testimony, I can't comment on that.
[2:10] That left it there.
[2:13] What were you saying?
[2:14] I was just saying, Jerry responded right yesterday.
[2:20] And let him press their stuff.
[2:24] There's nothing we can do on a story like that.
[2:26] We don't gain one thing by commenting on it.
[2:29] Not a thing, not a thing.
[2:31] Well, it's not a new story.
[2:33] I'm sorry.
[2:33] Newsday had it.
[2:34] I'm sorry.
[2:37] That was one of the things he imposed was to investigate.
[2:46] I guess not because it went out there.
[2:48] Sure, but their angle, of course, is to try and associate Hunt with Colson in their report.
[2:57] draw a conclusion that was that but there's i don't think you can deny an association because i mean i say jobs
[3:23] Those are pretty hard ones.
[3:25] No, no, we've handled that.
[3:26] There's no problem.
[3:29] But their hearings, again, they're going to have to crowd all out and say, well, I'm so sorry.
[3:34] I just .
[3:35] And I think one of the hearings .
[3:39] Absolutely.
[3:42] I think just like it was a corporate issue, that's what I had to .
[3:50] I would never get in the position.