Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 900-025
Date: Wednesday, April 18, 1973 at 2:58 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/900-025

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[0:01] All right, so just in answer to your follow-up question, the only meeting we have as far as, I mean, with the land guard, the guard steward should be at the center.
[0:13] Now, wait a minute.
[0:14] I want you to call Kissinger to see whether that's still on.
[0:18] Yeah, I, uh, it seems that, uh, Schultz?
[0:21] Well, I don't see it.
[0:23] Well, who's Byrd?
[0:25] Byrd, it's got that, yeah.
[0:32] I knew I was supposed to make a call at 2.15.
[0:34] If you do a text check at 10, we can see it.
[0:39] But 10.30 is all right.
[0:42] I can get back to that time.
[0:46] Do they think it's worth doing?
[0:49] Tell Henry that the president put him on the spot.
[0:51] I don't know whether the meeting is worth having.
[0:53] All right, sir.
[0:56] But I would say to you the hassle we had with the leader this morning on this thing.
[1:02] Does he want the president in the meeting or is it better for him to handle the meeting?
[1:06] I'd prefer that he handle the meeting, I think, under these circumstances.
[1:11] without the President, I think.
[1:13] The President can't go in there and strike down.
[1:15] Just put it that way.
[1:16] Tell him if you want to get a message back from him.
[1:19] I think the meeting should go forward, but I don't think the President should be there.
[1:23] I don't think the President should go there unless we're sure they're going to accept it.
[1:28] Fair enough.
[1:33] No, well, they invited to see me, yes, but they haven't invited to see you.
[1:39] They haven't invited to see you.
[1:41] Oh, sure.
[1:41] Well, then maybe we can't get out of there.
[1:46] Maybe they... Where did your car go, sir?
[1:53] No, don't check it with Garmin.
[1:54] Check it with Kisinger.
[1:56] Garmin won't be worth a damn on it.
[1:59] Tell Kisinger to give me some advice on it, say about... Come in at 3.30.
[2:07] Come in at 3.30.