Oval Office Conversation 639-30 (excerpt)
Participants: Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell
John D. Ehrlichman & H.R. (Bob) Haldeman

MITCHELL:

Well, the minute you do that, the ballgame's over,

NIXON:

Yeah.

MITCHELL:

—and then you finally go to the security of the NSC, and that's the end of it.

[PAUSE]

HALDEMAN:

Well, see, but—

[INAUDIBLE CROSSTALK]

NIXON:

I mean, uh, and particularly Henry. Henry is, uh, is not a good security risk.

MITCHELL:

He's not a good security risk the way he runs that office.


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