Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 929-008
Date: Tuesday, May 29, 1973 at 12:07 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/929-008

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[0:08] I would think he'd be on the plate for that.
[0:21] Except I really...
[0:27] I don't want to, maybe, I'll see how it feels.
[0:30] I don't want to have any impression of where they were running from and staring.
[0:33] I don't know what they were going to do.
[0:34] No, sir.
[0:34] No, sir.
[0:35] Maybe you better agree with what I'm saying.
[0:37] No, sir.
[0:37] I'll see what their sense is.
[0:39] No, sir.
[0:40] You've got a long day to take it on, because I think particularly of the, let's be honest, that, that, that, uh,
[0:52] grand jury story, and our story got written, and our response was up there in the box, special box.
[0:59] Senator was shot.
[1:01] Abuse of authority.
[1:05] That's the story.
[1:06] And we talked about it.
[1:09] And Scott.
[1:10] No, I'm sorry.
[1:11] I'm going to just get right to it.
[1:15] Scott's going to talk to the Senate Policy Committee group today.
[1:21] on the, uh, whole matter.
[1:24] Timmons is on that.
[1:25] I met with Beruti and Timmons after our meeting this morning about, you know, getting the people to begin to think about the intercom.
[1:33] Yeah.
[1:34] And, uh, so a lot of that's the works, starting with the works at least.
[1:39] Well, you know, you've got the right attitude around, I guess, fighting like hell.
[1:43] That's right.
[1:43] I have no, I have no...
[1:53] This is the way to do it.
[1:54] Yes, sir.
[1:54] In a very calculated way.
[2:01] This is the way to handle it.
[2:03] This is fine.
[2:05] This is fine.
[2:05] This country is going forward.
[2:07] I think getting that field across.
[2:09] Yes, sir.
[2:09] Absolutely.
[2:10] Very important.
[2:10] I had a good talk with Rogers about this.
[2:16] I'm sorry, I asked him what he was saying yesterday.
[2:28] Did he have to feel about it?
[2:45] But Rogers, he's been away, but he feels that we're doing the right thing.
[2:49] We should have a low profile on the rest.
[2:52] He said they should have started, he said, just to take them on.
[2:55] He said, but we're coming time.
[2:56] He said, you may just want to take the committee on the front line.
[3:00] But he said, I said, yes.
[3:00] He said, well, here's the action.
[3:04] He said, take the time.
[3:04] Do the business of government.
[3:06] Show no compensation, and so forth and so on.
[3:18] He was there with us and been here early in July last night, so we thought it was good here.
[3:27] And he mentioned the energy claim.
[3:29] He says, every leader to abandon the American right to land in America said they couldn't understand just what it gave them.
[3:36] How they were all admiring the president, respecting him as the world leader throughout China and Russia and Michigan and so forth and so on and so on.
[3:45] And he said, well, that's interesting.
[3:49] You get people here who say it.
[3:50] And I think that's very...
[4:05] All right.
[4:07] Yes, sir.
[4:08] I'll call you when you get through.
[4:11] I hope it didn't take you too long.
[4:20] No, no.
[4:22] Take your chin out, boy.
[4:26] Absolutely.