Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 861-018
Date: Thursday, February 22, 1973 at 12:44 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Scowcroft, Brent G. (Gen.)
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/861-018

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[0:00] Well, I just wanted to ask you how you called and hit those two people.
[0:05] Yes, sir, I did.
[0:06] And they were very pleased.
[0:09] And of course, this is when it was almost unhinged, since he was so delighted.
[0:20] Apparently, the wife, there's a divorce apparently.
[0:22] There's a divorce, that's right.
[0:24] Well, it was very strong.
[0:27] He wanted you to know that the expressions of the POWs you had in your mouth were right in the heart.
[0:35] And that his brothers know the same way.
[0:37] And that he wants you to know that Grassroots America was behind this whole thing.
[0:46] He was on this road.
[0:49] There's other characters.
[0:50] My, my.
[0:50] OK, the
[0:56] He said it's going very well.
[0:59] And, you know, there was a news report that some of their statements had been programmed.
[1:06] I mean, it's a wide inquiry.
[1:09] Roger Shields, who was a D&D man out there, he said it's absolutely not true.
[1:14] He said they knew what they wanted to say before I even talked to the head of the government.
[1:20] Why?
[1:20] Because they all decided they're willing to say
[1:25] I don't think those reports are getting off the ground.
[1:29] I don't think people believe that.
[1:33] I don't think so.
[1:34] I don't think they'll be the first to deny it.
[1:38] So the brother around the park, I mentioned the wife, drew me up the wall, wasn't she?
[1:45] Oh, I mean, so she was just, she was on the line, and her voice was breaking, and she was very, very good.
[1:56] He's free now.
[1:57] He can come in as he frees the other one.
[1:59] He hasn't come yet, but he's free to come.
[2:02] He's dressed upon.