Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 919-009
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 1973 at 9:48 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/919-009

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[0:01] Still, uh, still don't know where he worked?
[0:12] Yep.
[0:40] Well, what the hell is this?
[0:42] Oh, it's in the domestic area, so he thinks that's embarrassing.
[0:45] That's not interesting.
[0:50] What's that?
[0:51] Huh?
[0:52] It's not related to the water game?
[1:03] You sure?
[1:05] What in the name of God is this?
[1:07] Well, why do you think he's played this game then?
[1:19] I mean a copy of what, the 43-page, all the documents.
[1:30] What have you found in this, a 43-pager?
[1:35] What is it, is it something the president has done or something, or that is what it is?
[1:59] There was this.
[2:15] You mean this is in the United States?
[2:19] This?
[2:20] Yeah.
[2:21] So this basically, though, is the U.S., is a domestic economy.
[2:43] I remember there was a meeting held at one point where I sat in the NSA and all the rest, and Hoover was there.
[2:56] Hoover and the rest, and I said, look, you've got to pull it all together and get this stuff.
[3:01] Well, you know, but none of it's there.
[3:03] Fred, God damn it, that's not improper.
[3:29] Why shouldn't you give us this?
[3:31] For Christ's sake, this is on the ground.
[3:42] Are you sure this is on the ground?
[3:53] But I don't know what the eight sub-metals are.
[4:09] What kind of capability is gathering in the United States?
[4:27] But the purpose was intelligence and want the national security area out of their zone.
[4:33] Sure.
[4:35] But if we haven't done it, we have been out of our minds.
[4:39] That's it.
[4:43] I don't, I don't.
[4:45] Well, it's inconceivable.
[4:48] Yeah.
[4:50] It's inconceivable the judge would not turn it over.
[5:12] Yeah, yeah.
[5:17] Oh, boy.
[5:17] Well, that's a good job, Brad.
[5:18] That's a good job.
[5:20] At least all of our concerns about the water heater, and I'd much rather have it be this water heater than you.
[5:25] Yeah.
[5:28] You want to come down?
[5:31] You say almost certain it's this?
[5:42] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[5:45] Can you report today?
[5:47] I'll do it.
[5:48] I'll do it.
[5:50] I'll do it.
[5:51] Or do you want to come down?
[5:55] And you, because they're closing jobs.
[5:58] You can come down to the Oval Office and take a seat here.