Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 943-005
Date: Monday, June 18, 1973 at 10:35 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; [Unknown person(s)]
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/943-005

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[1:33] Thank you.
[2:00] I just want to be sure that we have a hold of these things.
[2:02] Because I know they're thinking about a lot of these things.
[2:23] I don't know.
[2:46] Well, we, the best thing is Bob, and it's just a, it's just a large thing at all.
[2:48] We've got to have a seat.
[2:49] As a witness, he said.
[2:49] But wait, who makes this question?
[2:50] Well, of course, in the face of this long path.
[2:51] You understand that it's our counselor, a counselor, a counselor in it that he has limited it.
[2:53] A $4,000 license.
[3:13] he said there was fun
[3:48] Well, Fred is not an optimist.
[3:54] He's known that.
[3:55] Oh, I know.
[3:56] I saw him in the viewer, and he said he never felt tired in his existence.
[4:17] In fact, it's going to be a big dud.
[4:17] That's why they're desperate.
[4:20] The same thing.
[4:22] Also, the same one that he's aware of.
[4:27] That is, we were trying to get the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the O'Brien thing that I got.
[4:35] Not sure what I got.
[4:36] $200,000, huh?
[4:38] Nothing wrong with that.
[4:38] That's just politics, isn't it?
[4:42] Well, I just want to be sure.
[4:46] You see, we've got a lot of that in terms of public relations.
[4:56] We're on this long series.
[4:57] One of the reasons is I already have a lot of reactions to the committee questions.
[5:13] He's not sure whether it's the larceny or if it's just the whole weakness of his case and his allegations, but he said there's a definite sense of desperation on the part of it.
[5:21] They've created a guy as a key witness, and it's not going to do the job.
[5:28] They tell us he's gotten very tough with Thompson.
[5:32] Threatening.
[5:32] Oh, like what?
[5:33] He obviously looked that day.
[5:35] Like, good.
[5:37] We're going to have long memories here, and he's fed up with us.
[5:40] He's also looking all dirty.
[5:43] In another 10 minutes, sir.
[5:47] 10-50.