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Telecon The President 5/9/70 1:18 p. m. P: Ziegler said that your briefing went very well; you laid it on. We've gotten our point across. We have made these people stop and think. We dominated them with the press conference Friday night and your briefing, which will run XXIXS as a XXXXXXXX second story to the riot but a strong second, and my visit to the Memorial will provide a little color. David told me that last October and November there were 100,000 in the Boston Common and now there are only 15,000. He says it's really been overestimated. K: I think that's right. The students were looking for reassurance. The faculty didn't provide the right leadership; faculty wanted to purge themselves and join the protestors. K: And the university professors were miserable throwing if off on us. P: We'll give Heard a nice little office, give him a Coca; Cola, and put him away. I think you should know that Xxx when I didn't apologize xx for saying "bums", , that was against all the advice of my staff. If I had done that, I'd have been dead. K: Absolutely. The time for a conciliatory gesture is after. P: No, but you cannot apologize for something that is fight. That reveals the weakness of our staff. They're SO overwhelmed by these shit-asses that don't know what they're doing. We don't get worried; when it's all over we'll survive. Okay, what are you going to do? P K: Stay here. P: Okay. K: You get some sleep, Mr. President.

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