Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 945-004
Date: Tuesday, June 19, 1973 at 11:02 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/945-004

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[0:11] Hey, uh, sorry, my, my question is, the issue is, um, um, about changing the schedule of the program, I think, and I talked to Dave, you see, that you should, quote, be to the side, say the schedule is now, that it's tough to change it so many hours.
[0:32] Experts coming to the field might need it.
[0:35] I went to the foot of my feet.
[0:41] Uh, and we don't want to have it up there and save it.
[0:44] But I believe in my people.
[0:47] We can talk after we can't save it after we take our boat, right?
[0:52] Yeah, that you could do.
[0:54] I also saw the Chinese, uh, just, uh, uh,
[1:06] The Russians, just before they left, offered them a non-aggression treaty, saying they were going to make a treaty with us.
[1:11] Offered them a non-aggression treaty to show us the sort of game the Russians are playing.
[1:20] The Chinese, luckily, we had kept the Chinese well informed of what we were doing, so they didn't hear it from the Russians.
[1:26] The Chinese served out the non-aggression treaty, saying, we are already allies, and it would derogate from the alliance.
[1:34] They were despised.
[1:35] But it shows that, you know, we want to get back to...
[1:44] But don't, no, you don't have to do anything.
[1:47] Unless...
[1:48] Unless... We have from the Secret Service level...
[2:04] General Artona, but they never wanted him to go on the boat to begin with.
[2:09] Or should we stay on the boat?
[2:10] I don't see the damn fuck going on that boat.
[2:16] I just... let him take the initiative and let him be...
[2:21] I'd certainly not go up to Kandahar to say, I don't know, you'll be out of action for 48 hours.
[2:25] All right, all right, all right.
[2:27] No, we have to take him out and beat him four o'clock.
[2:29] That's it.
[2:31] And I don't...
[2:33] You can yield on the sequoia and it'll add a little color to it and it'll be whiter.
[2:41] That can be.
[2:44] Well, he...
[2:54] Yeah, it's partly that he may be tired.
[2:58] And it's also his secret service not wanting him in the Sequoia.
[3:02] The main advantage of the Sequoia is it's a different kind of story.
[3:07] And he'll be up there anyway for another day and a half.
[3:13] And also it would avoid this idea that he's so totally selfish that he doesn't get anywhere.
[3:17] Well, God, if you didn't work it out, you'd bring that back to me.
[3:23] Thank you.
[3:23] Thank you.