Indistinct voices can be heard in the background.
President Nixon: Yeah.
White House Operator: Mrs. [Marjorie P.] Acker.
President Nixon: Yeah.
Marjorie Acker: Hello?
President Nixon: Marje.
Acker: Yes.
President Nixon: Now, you can take this, but. . . if you will look at the . . . oh. Page 14.
Acker: Mm-hmm.
President Nixon: Page 14.
Acker: Right.
President Nixon: The sentence ending, “It has been a long and difficult trial for us.”
Acker: Yes.
President Nixon: Yeah. From there on I want you to—not for me, but for the draft you give to [Henry A.] Kissinger∇—to leave the conclusion in that is in the old speech. You see what I mean?
No response.
President Nixon: Let me explain. This is all a change, you know, part of it is a change, remember?
Acker: Right, the insert.
President Nixon: But where I say, “But I can assure you tonight with the confidence it’s going to . . .” Remember, that’s part of—
Acker: Yes.
President Nixon: —the insert on the yellow page?
Acker: Mm-hmm.
President Nixon: What I want you to do is to go right back to the draft that I was working on. Find that draft. You got it, in front of you?
Acker: Right.
President Nixon: All right. What does it say right after “it’s been a long and difficult trial for us”?
Acker: “But now ahead we can see the end.”
President Nixon: All right, fine.
Acker: Then “Every option taken—”
President Nixon: That sentence.
Acker: “—by this administration—”
President Nixon: That sentence. And everything else from there on—
Acker: Mm-hmm.
President Nixon: —as it was in that draft, that’s the draft you give to him.
Acker: All right.
President Nixon: Fair enough?
Acker: Yes.
President Nixon: That’s right. Just give it to him, nobody else at this point.
Acker: OK.
President Nixon: Thank you.
Acker: All right.