Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 909-021
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 1973 at 10:47 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/909-021

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[0:18] Do you ever talk to yourself as the head of the public?
[0:20] I don't have the top of my head, Mr. President.
[0:24] I wouldn't want to give that to you.
[0:50] He's got to be, you know, have a little experience.
[1:01] There is one lawyer that I have met during my tenure here in Washington that I have a great deal of respect for who has been on the staff.
[1:11] I think he's got a good sound thinker, and that's Ed Morgan.
[1:21] I don't know.
[1:21] I have a tremendous amount of respect for him.
[1:23] He may be too close to everything now for that kind of thing, but he is one of the most solid people that I've had contact with.
[1:34] He would be very good, but...
[1:36] I don't know whether he's... Was he involved in the campaign?
[1:45] No, sir.
[1:45] He worked with us on the staff and was involved...
[1:49] strictly in the business of working with the Congress during the last portion of the campaign.
[1:56] To the best of my knowledge, he had no involvement at all in campaign activities.
[2:00] He was out, as some of us were, making some speeches and that kind of thing.
[2:06] But beyond that... Why don't you get a call to John Irvin and see what he thinks of Ed Martin?
[2:14] Ed is Assistant Secretary of the Treasury right now.
[2:18] He is handling the law enforcement area over there, the Secret Service.
[2:22] I'm afraid that's too important.
[2:23] No, no.
[2:24] That's a critical, that's a critical.
[2:25] No, no, no, no, no.
[2:26] We don't need somebody like that.
[2:27] We just need a good guy who can run through the, you know what it involves, and the counsel's office, you know, getting the clarity and all that sort of thing.
[2:43] I might ask Ed for... Ed might have some thoughts on this himself, but another call that I'd like to...
[2:48] check is uh jim all right