1 President Nixon and Bob Haldeman Lincoln Sitting Room Telephone call April 30 1973 Tape 045-041 Nixon Hello Haldeman Hi Nixon Hope I didn't let you down Haldeman No sir You got your points over and now you've got it set right and move on You're right where you ought to be Nixon Well it's a tough thing Bob for you and for John and the rest but Goddamnit I'm never going to discuss this son-of-a-bitching Watergate thing again Never never never never Don't you agree Haldeman Yes sir You've done it now and you've laid out your position You've laid out you've taken your steps You've put the Nixon Interesting thing you know we haven't heard a the only cabinet officer that has called and this is 50 minutes after the thing is over is Cap Weinberger bless his soul All the rest are waiting to see what the polls show Goddamn strong Cabinet isn't it Haldeman You better check and be sure because they may You know we've had a Nixon No no no They know they know they know who to call you know they know they can get through But in any event I just want you to know that Cap called and he is all the way Haldeman Good Nixon But let me say you're a strong man Goddamnit And I love you And I you know I love John and all the rest and by God keep the faith Keep the faith You're going to win this son of a bitch Haldeman Absolutely Nixon You noticed what I said about the violence and so forth on the other side Haldeman Yup Nixon I mean there were some intricacies in this that only the sophisticates will understand 2 Haldeman I got those and I want to get the text because there are some things to work on from there that we can build on Nixon I thought it was good too to end on what I deeply felt you know the religious note You know God bless America ' I'm sure it must have driven you up the wall It didn't drive me up the wall but I felt that way Haldeman No I'm all for that I completely agree Nixon I don't know whether you can call and get any reactions and call me back like the old style Would you mind Haldeman I don't think I can I don't Nixon No I agree Haldeman I'm in an odd spot to try and do that Nixon Don't call a goddamn soul To hell with it Let me just say getting this call from you when I haven't heard from any cabinet officer except Weinberger an hour afterwards and thank God and no staff member Haldeman Well when I called the board said they were instructed not to put any calls through so Nixon To hell with that I told them to put all the calls through Haldeman Well that may be why you haven't gotten them though because Nixon Alright I'll change it I'll change it Fine but God bless you boy God bless you I love you as you know Haldeman OK Nixon Like my brother Alright boy keep the faith Haldeman Right Transcribed from Nixon Library White House Tape 045-041 by Michael Dobbs for King Richard 2021