Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 921-013
Date: Thursday, May 17, 1973 at 11:57 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/921-013

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[0:00] Here we get Bob.
[0:02] Yes, sir.
[0:02] I talked to him.
[0:04] He said absolutely not.
[0:08] And John was very upset.
[0:09] He told me when he read the post, he allegedly had information on him only two weeks before it surfaced.
[0:16] He said he never can conceive of where it came from.
[0:20] We did nothing.
[0:21] Nothing.
[0:24] Nothing.
[0:25] Except, except, the newspaper story from St. Louis.
[0:30] Which was in the public business, you know.
[0:33] Their finances was all gone.
[0:34] See Buchanan is from St. Louis.
[0:37] And he said there were newspaper stories about Eagleton's drinking and about his having been put away about a month.
[0:43] That's the funniest thing we ever heard about each other.
[0:48] Well, I'm gonna thank God.
[0:49] I think this doctor's saying it'd be a funny.
[0:52] So what?
[0:54] It was so carefully written.
[0:56] I could have it investigated and have it put under a lot of telecom that I could imagine the previous investigator would use it.
[1:04] I think so.
[1:06] I've had certain instances.
[1:07] And this is one that we all knocked our brains out on when they started to pull this.
[1:14] Thank God.
[1:15] Yeah, I talked about it with Matthew on the problem too.
[1:21] to cut off a week and the same thing.
[1:25] And I told him I was gonna move Larry and Todd home across the street, just for their own protection, or in a long-term viability.
[1:36] And I talked to Larry, he understands that.
[1:41] I didn't, you know, if a young guy like that surfaces, and suddenly he comes into the shoot, then he's got to be cut out.
[1:48] And this way,
[1:52] There's a funny thing about these things.
[1:54] We've had it on two of these.
[1:56] We have the crazy thing on the house.
[1:59] We have this thing on this doctor saying it's government agents.
[2:03] You see, that sounds like a strange thing to think.
[2:06] So somebody who is government agents.
[2:08] I wonder if the decedents, a lot of the psychiatrists are letting them break their students.
[2:15] Well, I think it's a damn near conspiracy.
[2:19] I really do.
[2:21] That's why I say we can't discount the possibility of having to do it.
[2:31] These men are desperate.
[2:33] They've been losing, losing, losing.
[2:35] Well, let me tell you, I'm prepared to do it.
[2:43] Now, I'm ready to fight, but I don't want to fight at the wrong time.
[2:47] And, uh, my God, if they, if they, if they go out on this national security issue, and we've got this thing nailed down, and I hope Fred can nail it down with affidavits and so forth, my God, I could make one hell of a speech on that.
[3:02] I mean, to the country, if I had to make a speech.
[3:05] I mean, but I would wait.
[3:07] I would wait until the committee gets out.
[3:09] Let them... Let them do it.
[3:11] Let them...
[3:14] You know, at the end of the day, you gotta check out everything.
[3:16] Check out interesting things.
[3:18] Like a thing like this.
[3:20] You know, things like this.
[3:24] Move along.
[3:26] In fact, I...
[3:27] I wrote this letter to me.
[3:28] I just called him.
[3:28] Called him?
[3:30] I sure did.
[3:31] I wanted to see...
[3:32] Yes, sir.
[3:33] Sam's letter has referred to the Department of Justice for a thorough investigation.
[3:38] Thorough investigation?
[3:39] Thorough investigation.
[3:40] There is absolutely no involvement here.
[3:42] Meaning, thorough investigation.
[3:44] And that he must be prepared, of course, to turn over all evidence that he has.
[3:48] And also, you asked him, did he report the burglary to the police?
[3:53] Asked him that on the phone.
[3:55] And she said, we've determined to the Department of Justice, and they want to know whether or not he reported the burglary to the police at the time.
[4:01] Do you get that?
[4:01] Get my point?
[4:02] I don't correct, because I'm not a big child.
[4:04] Go on.
[4:04] You're going to find something interesting there.
[4:23] No way.