Crazy stuff presidents say: 4/25/72 tape of Oval Office conversation between Nixon and Kissinger.
NIXON: I still think we ought to take the dikes out now, will that drown people?
HK: About 200K people.
NIXON: No, no, no...I’d rather use the nuclear bomb. Have you got that Henry?
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HK: That, I think would just be too much.
NIXON: The nuclear bomb, does that bother you? I just want you to think big, Henry, for Christsakes.
Later: NIXON: The only place where you and I disagree...is with regard to the bombing. You’re so goddamned concerned about the civilians and I don’t give a damn. I don’t care.
HK: I’m concerned about the civilians because I don’t want the world mobilized against you as a butcher.
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