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P: Play it tough. That's the way they play it and that's the way we are going to play it.

H: O.K.

P: When I saw that news summary. I questioned whether it's a bunch of crap, but I thought er, well it's good to have them off us awhile, because when they start bugging us, which they have, our little boys will not know how to handle it. I hope they will though.

H: You never know.

P: Good.

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P: I don't know--maybe it isn't working out and [unintelligible] maybe it is.

H: Well, it's a close call. Ah, Ehrlichman thought you probably--

P: What?

H: Well, he said you probably didn't need it. He didn't think you should, not at all. He said he felt fine doing it.

P: He did? The question, the point, is does he think everybody is going to understand the busing?

H: That's right.

P: And, ah, well [unintelligible] says no.

H: Well, the fact is somewhere in between, I think, because I think that [unintelligible] is missing some--

P: Well, if the fact is somewhere in between, we better do it.

H: Yeah, I think Mitchell says, "Hell yes. Anything we can hit on at anytime we get the chance--and we've got a reason for doing it--do it."

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