Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 869-005
Date: Tuesday, March 6, 1973 at 8:25 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Timmons, William E.; Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/869-005

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[0:21] And he will come in with also a lot of stupidest thing I heard.
[0:25] I'm really surprised I came in here was the idea that I would consider going down to the Senate policy.
[0:31] Well, let's not raise it, Bill.
[0:33] I will raise it.
[0:34] Oh, he's not going to raise it.
[0:35] I'm not going to raise it.
[0:36] I'm going to say fine.
[0:37] That's all I'm going to do is say fine.
[0:38] I'm going to fight it out.
[0:52] Well, I did last time, and maybe too bluntly, I don't know.
[1:50] Because he's got 53%.
[1:52] We've got a separate officer.
[1:54] We ask you to do everything.
[1:57] What's the matter with you?
[1:58] Well, he's a semi-neurotic up there.
[2:01] Like him, like Stevens, there are a bunch of them.
[2:06] Well, I'm sorry.
[2:07] No, that's very good.
[2:21] But, uh, it's a, it's a,
[3:06] I don't want to get out.
[3:08] That analysis.
[3:09] Don't have it done by you.
[3:11] Have it done outside, let it close to us.
[3:13] Outside group management.
[3:15] Because that's a gradient analysis.
[3:18] It's just like the convention, that it's a fundamental change in the whole... Well, I'm going to treat this very partly like boo-boos here.