Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 911-012
Date: Thursday, May 3, 1973 at 10:21 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/911-012

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[0:30] Well, I don't know what to say.
[0:33] I'm going to talk.
[0:35] And I have to find, I don't have to find a long period.
[0:38] I've got a lot of, I'll do some thinking.
[0:41] I might have somebody a week.
[0:45] But I got to get somebody trained, too.
[1:02] You know what I mean?
[1:02] Egg was trying to step in and things.
[1:05] Well, egg would be, we'd just get a little bit to happen every year.
[1:11] And that's it.
[1:12] Yeah.
[1:12] Yeah.
[1:13] Yeah.
[1:13] Well, you know, the point is, Al will do that now.
[1:14] The main point is, I want to assure you that on the international thing, you and I right now, you see, that's, that's, see, I just got to get somebody that's a curious thing that can handle that so that you and I can do the other, see.
[1:30] What did you tell them?
[1:39] Tell me this, uh, how could, uh, how physically did he work out such a thing?
[1:43] I just, uh, give him... Go ahead.
[1:46] Yes, I just asked him for, uh, two weeks.
[1:55] Yeah.
[2:04] Right.
[2:07] Yeah.
[2:07] Why don't I just say 30 days?
[2:09] Well, I'll tell you, will you, uh, or shall I tell him to work on the piece of paper that I sent the secretary?
[2:14] That's... Give him a while.
[2:17] All right.
[2:19] Good deal, Henry.
[2:20] Well, that's all from Walker.
[2:21] You and that, uh, I appreciate you being such a good team player.
[2:27] Now, now, we'll get over it.
[2:31] Yes, sir.
[2:32] Yes, sir.
[2:33] Uh, Bruce was, was very good.
[2:34] Very good talking to me.
[2:37] He just, he just stayed with it.
[2:38] Ha, ha, ha.
[2:43] I said, normally on your visits, he said, they're reporting me after your visit, so I said, can you come in and pick me up?
[2:48] And of course, I said, normally, I said, you always meddle, but I said, in his case, I'm sure that you would probably want him.
[3:02] I think that is important, and he said, I said, you understand, David, you know, I said, it's cannot be channeled.
[3:08] He said, oh, he said, I know the State Department since the last three weeks through, and he's like, this is it.
[3:12] He said, I'm going to use that channel.
[3:15] So, but you see what I mean?
[3:18] So, I am assuring that when you went over, you would, you know, you would always want