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A12 Tuesday, Feb. 26,1974 THE WASHINGTON POST
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I ext of President l\ixon S Press Con ference
Here is the transcript of
President Nixon’s news con-
ference last night:
Before going to your ques-
tions, I have a brief report
on the energy situation, the
progress we have made to
date, and also the problems
that we have in the future.
You will recall that last
October, when we saw the
energy crisis developing as
a result of the embargo and
other matters, that there
were dire predictions that
we would have problems
with home heating oil and
even fuel to run our fac-
tories.
As a result of the co-
operation of the American
people—and they deserve
most of the credit—and also
the management on the part
of Mr. Simon and his organi-
zation, we have now passed
until after that time. This
Because in this whole
raises/a legal question as to - area of privacy it isn’t just a
whether or not the deduc-
tion therefore is proper.
That is why I voluntarily
question of those who run
credit bureaus and banks
through that crisis. The
home fuel oil, as far as it’s
concerned, as we know, has
been furnished; no one has
suffered, as a result. And as
far as our plants are con-
cerned, all have had, the fuel
that is required to keep the
plants going.
The major problem that
remains is one that was
brought home to me when I
talked to one of the sound
men before, coming in. I
asked him if he was having
any trouble getting gas. He
said, “Yes, when I went to
% By Douglas Chevalier—The Washington Post
A reporter questioning President Nixon at last night's televised conference at the White House.
passed, the problem re-
mains. It is a serious prob-
lem, but it is one that can
be dealt with; and our goal
of becoming completely in-
dependent in energy—inde-
pendent of any foreign
the service station this
morning they wouldn’t give
me any because my gauge
was wrong. They thought
that I had more than half a
tank. Actually I had zero
in the tank.”
I have seen this problem
as I have driven around in
the Miami area and also in shortage and making it
the Washington area—the worse, but action which will
gas line, the fact, too, that increase supplies and
in the Eastern states gener- thereby get rid of the short-
age.
source—is one that we can
! achieve.
But it will require the
continued cooperation of the
American people, which I
am sure we will get, and re-
sponsible action by the Con-
gress—action directed not
simply toward distributing a
that we have laid out; it’s
also going to take an effort
on the part of our farmers,
an effort on the part of the
administration in the field
of energy and the rest, so
that we can get the supplies
up.
Because the answer to
higher prices is not simply
controls. Controls have been
tried, and controls have
been found wanting. The an-
gram and I think we will
achieve it.
As far as the price of gas-
oline is concerned, I would
be less than candid if I were
not to say that the price of
gasoline is not going to go
down until more supplies of
ally we do have a problem
of shortage of gasoline
which has been, of course, . .
very difficult for many peo- you’re No. 1 tonight, as
pie going to work, going to usual.
school, or what have you. Q: In view of the divisions
Mr. Simon last week, as in this country, would you
you know, at my direction, be willing to waive execu-
allocated additional gasoline tive privilege to give the Ju-
for these particular areas, diciary Committee what it
And he is prepared to take says it needs to end any
more action in the future to question of your involve-
deal with this problem. ment in Watergate?
As far as the entire situa- A: Well, Miss Thomas, as
tion is concerned, I am able you know, the matter of the
to report tonight that as a Judiciary Committee’s inves-
result of the cooperation of tigation is now being dis-
the American people, as a cussed) by White House
result, too, of our own en- counsel, Mr. St. Clair, and
ergy-conservation program Mr. Doar. And as I indicated
within the government, that in my State of the Union ad-
I now believe confidently dress, I am prepared to co-
Miss Thomas, I think
that there is much better
than an even chance that
there will be no need for
gas rationing in the United
States.
As far as that is con-
cerned, however, I should
point out that while the
crisis has passed, the prob-
lem still remains, and it is
a very serious one. And hav-
ing reported somewhat posi-
tively up to this point, let
me point out some of the
negative situations that we
confront.
ENERGY BILL
operate with the committee
in any way consistent with
my constiutional responsibil-
ity to defend the office of
the presidency against any
action which would weaken
that office and the ability of
future Presidents to carry
out the' great responsibili-
ties that any' President will
have. Mr. Doar is conduct-
ing those negotiations with
Mr. St. Clair, and whatever
is eventually arranged
which will bring a. prompt
resolution of this matter, I
will cooperate in.
One has to deal with the
Congress. The Congress of
course is working hard on
this problem, but I regret to
say that the bill presently
before the Congress is one
that if it reaches my desk in
its present form, I will have
to veto it. I will have to veto
it because what it does is
simply to manage the short-
age, rather than to deal with
the real problem and what
should be our real goal-
and that is to get rid of the
shortage.
For example, there is a
provision in the bill, the
present bill, that provides
for a rollback of prices.
Now this of course would
be immediately popular, but
it would mean, if we did
have such a rollback, that
we would not 'only have
more and longer gas lines,
but a rollback of prices
would lead to shortages
which would require, with-
out question, rationing all
over the country.
Q: Mr. President, John
Dunlop, the price controller,
has said, “I don’t think we
know how to restrain infla-
tion.” How confident are
you that in the latter half of
the year we can restrain
inflation?
A: Mr. Cormier, the prob-
lem of inflation is still a
very nagging one. The last
figures, as you know, the 1
per cent increase in one
month of the consumer
price index, was a very trou-
blesome one.
Looking to the future, we
are keenly aware of this
problem and we are prepar-
ing to deal with it. First, we
believe that it is vitally im-
portant to get,at the source
of the problem. '
One is in the field of en-
ergy. The way to get at the
source of the problem.
One is in the field of en-
ergy. The way to get at the
source of the problem in the
field of energy is to increase
supplies. I’ve already di-
asked the Senate control
committee of the House and
Senate to look into the mat-
t and co aavise me as to
whether or not the deduc-
tion was a proper one. If it
was not a proper one, I of
course will be glad to pay
I the tax.
Q: Mr. President, what is
your personal reaction to
the expulsion by the Soviet
Union of Alexander Sol-
zhenitsyn, and will it in any
, way affect our policy of
detente?
A: Well, my personal reac-
tion is that I am, of course,
an admirer of a man who
has won a Nobel Prize for
Literature, and one who has
also shown, as he has shown,
such great courage.
Second, as far as our rela-
tions with the Soviets are
concerned, if I thought that
breaking relations with the
and others with their huge
computers, but the federal
government itself, in its ac-
tivities, can very much im-
pinge on the privacy of indi-
that.is a full impeachment I am sure. By a number of
trial in the Senate? people. And the question, if I
A: Well, a full impeach- may give the answer now, is
ment trial in the Senate un- very simply this:
That would mean 17,000 to
20.000 more federal bureau-
crats to run the system, at a
cost of a billion and a half
dollars a year. And this we
should avoid; this we can
avoid.
And that is why I again
urge the Congress to act re-
sponsibly on the measures
that we have presented to
the Congress: to deal with
the problem of price and
profits through the windfall-
profits measure that we
have submitted, and to deal ,
with the problem of gas
shortage overall by getting
more supplies.
And that means the dere-
gulation of natural gas so
that it is competitive as far
as price is concerned, the
amendment of some of our
environmental actions so
that we can use more coal
and thereby take some of
the pressure off of the de-
mands for gasoline and
other fuels, the deep-water
ports and the other meas-
ures that I have mentioned
on many occasions to the na-
tion and also before mem-
bers of the press.
Looking to the future, I
believe we can say now that
while the crisis has been
rected my comments to that
point.
The other is in the field of
food, and in the field of food
we have the same objective
— to increase supplies. And
Secretary Butz indicates to
me and to other members of
the Cabinet and the Cost of
Living Council that he ex-
pects that our supplies
through the balance of this
year, of food, will go up and
that that will have a re-
straining influence as far as
food costs are concerned.
With regard to inflation, I
should point out, too, that
almost two-thirds of the
price increase—the increase
in prices last year, which
was at a very high rate—
was due to energy and also
to the problem of food.
By getting at these two
problems and by continuing
our Cost of Living Council
activities in the areas that
Secretary Shultz has testi-
fied to, I believe that we
will bring inflation under
control as the year goes on.
But I would not underesti-
mate the problem.
We are continuing to fight
it; it’s going to have to take
responsibility on the part of
the Congress to keep the
budget wiithin the limits
viduals. This is a matter
that 1 think should be con-
sidered by the commission
that I have appointed, which
is chaired as you know by
the vice president.
Q: Thank you Mr. Presi-
dent. Your personal lawyer,
Mr. Herb Kalmbach, en-
tered a plea of guilty today
to a criminal charge of ac-
cepting $100,000 in exchange
for an ambassadorial post.
In your capacity as Presi-
dent you approve of ambas-
sadors and send the nomina-
tions to the Senate. Were
you consulted in any matter
on this engagement in this
contribution by Mr. Kalm-
bach or anyone else in the
White House, and have you
done any research on this in
the White House to deter-
mine who is responsible?
A: The answer to the first
question is no, the answer to
the second question is yes
and 1 would go further and
say that ambassadorships
have not been for sale, to
my knowledge; ambassador-
ships cannot be purchased
and I would not approve an
ambassadorship unless the
man or woman was quali-
fied, clearly apart from any
contributions.
Q: Mr. President, at our
last meeting we were remiss
in asking you for your reac-
tion to the resignation of
Vice President Agnew. For
the sake of filling in that
hiatus for the record, I '
would ask you if you ’be-
lieved that the conduct of
the vice president, and par-
ticularly his conduct sur-
rounding and leading up to
his resignation, in, fact
brought dishonor upon his
office, this administration
and the country? /
A: It would be very easy
for me to jump on the vice
president when he’s down. I
can only say that in his pe-
riod of service that he ren-
dered dedicated service on
all of the assignments that I
gave to him. He went
through, along with his fam-
ily, a terribly difficult situa-
tion, and he resigned as 1
think he thought he should
because of the embarrass-
ment that he knew that
would cause to the adminis-
tration and also because he
felt that in view of the crim-
inal offense that was
Soviets or turning off our
policy of negotiation and
turning back to confronta-
tion would help him, or help
thousands of others like him
in the Soviet Union, we
might do that.
On. the other hand, I look
back to the years of confron-
tation, and I find that men
like him, as a matter of fact,
rather than being sent to
Paris would have been sent
to Siberia. Or probably
worse.
As far as our relations
with the Soviets are con-
cerned, we shall continue,
we shall continue to negoti-
ate, recognizing that they
don’t like our system or ap-
der our Constitution comes Mr. Don Johnson of the Vet-
only when the House deter- erans Administration, as you
mines that there is an im- know, acted expeditiously
peachable offense. It is my when we had a case in Califor-
belief that the House, after nia. We have another one in
it conducts its inquiry, will Illinois at the present time,
els come onstream which not reach that determina- There are great numbers of
will reduce the pressure ti°n. I do not expect to be veterans. We have an ade-
which is upward on the impeached, quate program to deal with it.
: gasoline. Obvi- Of SUPRT TES And 1 can assure you that
ously too, when the embargo - when any matter is brought to
is lifted that is and will Q: The shah of Iran said my attention, or to his, we will
in an interview that the deal with it as quickly as we
United States is getting as can because our Vietnam vett
much oil now as it did be- erans and all veterans deserve
fore the embargo. And Mr. whatever the law provides for
Simon of the Federal En- them. And 1 will see that they
ergy Office said that such a get it.
statement is irresponsible Q: He is the very man I’m
and reckless. Can you talking about who’s not giving
straighten us out? Are we you the correct information.
gasoline come into the coun-
try, and also until other fu-
swer to higher prices is to price of
get up the supplies. That
will bring the price down.
IMPEACHMENT
Q: Mr. President, to fol-
low up Miss Thomas’s ques-
tion, you say you will coop-
erate with the Judiciary
Committee but you can’t say
yet precisely to what extent.
Can you tell us if you antici-
pate you’ll be able to coop-
erate at least to the extent
that you cooperated with
Mr. Jaworski in terms of
turning, over to the Judici-
ary Committee roughly the
same tapes and documents
that Mr. Jaworski has?
A: Well, this is a matter,
Mr. Jarrell, that has been
discussed by Mr. St. Clair
with Mr. Doar, and the deci-
sion will be made based on
what arrangements are de-
veloped between the two for
the confidentiality of those
particular items, where they
must remain confidential,
and also based on whether
or not turning over to the
committee will in any way
jeopardize the rights of de-
fendants or impa’ " 1-
ity of the prosecution to
carry on its proper func-
tions in the cases that may
develop. It’s a matter that
we are talking about, and
it’s a matter where we will
have' some effect on the
price of gasoline. -
OIL EMBARGO
Q: When do you think the
embargo might be lifted?
A: Well, the embargo
question is one that I know
is on the minds of all of us
and it is one that presently
is under consideration as
you know by the oil-produc-
ing countries.
I should point out here
that Dr. Kissinger’s trip to
the Mideast is directed to-
ward getting a disengage-
ment or getting talks
started with regard to a di-
sengagement on the Syrial
front. That, following on the
disengagement on the Egyp-
tian front, I think will ha e
a positive effect,: although i
is not linked to the problem
of the embargo directly.
If I could perhaps elabo
rate just a bit on that: As
far as the oil-producing
countries are concerned, we
believe it is in their interest
to lift the embargo. They
should do that independ-
ently of what happens on
the front of the negotiation
with regard to developing a
permanent peace in the Mid-
east. As far as we are con-
be cooperative within those cerned, we believe that get-
guidelines. ting a permanent peace in
Q: May I follow on with the Mideast is a goal worth
my colleague’s question? achieving apart from the
Within the past week or 10 embargo.
days the House Judiciary
Committee and the Justice
Department have issued dif-
But while they are not
conditioned on one another
by either party, what nap-
fering interpretations of pens in one area inevitably
what by constitutional defi- affects what happens in the
nition is an impeachable, of- other. And I can say based
fense for a President. on the conversations I have
Now, as we all know, you’- had with the foreign minis-
re an experienced student of ters I met with last week,
the' Constitution. And I and based on the reports I
think people would be inter- have received to date, I be-
ested to know what you con- lieve we are going to make
sider to be an impeachable continued progress on the
offense for a Presideht, par- peace front. I believe that
ticularly, what, on the divid- will be helpful in bringing
ing line, whether it requires progress on getting , the em-
the House to determine that bargo lifted.
they believe that the Presi- By the same token, if the
dent may have committed a embargo is not lifted, it will
crime or whether dereliction naturally slow down the ef-
iof duty, not upholding the forts that we are making on
Constitution, is enough in it- the peach front. And it is be-
self to constitute an im- cause I believe that we ate
peachable offense. going to make progress in
A: Well, Mr. Rather, you developing those particular
don’t have to be a constitu- items that are essential to-
tional lawyer to know that ward movement toward a
getting as much oil? And In fact, he stood up here at
why would the shah say it? the White House the other day
A: Well, first, I would not and gave us false information,
say that the shah was irre- He has no real system for get-
sponsible and reckless. How- ting the statistics on. this prob-
ever, his information I think lem.
is different from ours, and A: Well, if he isn’t listening
we have good reason to to this program I’ll report to
know what we’re getting, him just what you said.
We are getting substantially
less from the oil-producing
countries in the Mideast
than we were before the em-
bargo. That’s why we are, of
course, very anxious to get
the embargo lifted as soon
as possible.
Q: . . . of the people, that
there will be no recession
this year. If the unemploy-
ment rate should go above
512 per cent of the labor
force, what do you plan to
do about this as an anti-re-
cession move,, and would
that include the tax
He may have heard even >
though he wasn’t lister/ing
to the President.
(Prolonged laughter.)
Q? Mr President, this is a
political question. Gerry
Ford . . .
prove of it, and I don’t like
their system or approve of
it. Mr. Brezhnev knows that
and I know it. And we have
discussed it quite bluntly
and directly.
However, it is essential
that both nations, being the
superpowers that we are,
continue to make progress
toward limiting arms, to-
ward avoiding confronta-
tions which might explode
into war as it might have in
the Mideast if we had not
had this period of negotia-
tion, and also continuing
those negotiations for reduc-
tion of forces in Europe and
reduction of ’arms or cer-
tainly the limitation of
arms, and the various other
initiatives that we are un-
dertaking with the Soviets.
In a nutshell, this is what
we have to consider: Do we
want to go back to a period
when the United States and
the Soviet Union, the two
great superpowers, stood in
confrontation against each
other, and risk a runawav
nuclear arms race, and also
crisis in Berlin, in the Mid-
east, even again in South-
east Asia, or other places of
the world? Or do we want to
continue on a path in which
we recognize cur differ-
ences, but try to recognize
also the fact that we must
either live together or we
will all die together?
Q: Mr. President, you’ve
said on many occasions that
A: The others weren’t
political?
(Laughter)
Q: Gerry Ford’s old House
seat was won by a Democrat
who campaigned mainly on
the theme that you should
be removed or impeached or
that you should resign. Now,
what advice could you give
Republican candidates this
year to counter that argu-
ment?
A: Well, first I want Re-
publican candidates to win
where they are deserving
candidates.
And second, I recall the
year 1948 when we confi-
dently expected to gain in
the House and when Mr.
Fulbright, as you may re-
call, called for President
Truman’s resignation in the
spring because the economy
was in a slumb and Presi-
dent Truman had other
problems, and we proceded
to campaign against Mr.
Truman. He was the issue.
And we took a bad licking
in the Congress in 1948.
What my advice for the
candidates very simply
would be this: It is that nine
months before an election
no one can predict what can
happen in this country.
What will affect the election
in this year, 1974, is what al-
ways affects elections:
charged that he should not
stay in office. Now at this
point I am not going to join
anybody else in kicking him
when he’s down.
Q: To following on an ear-
lier question about taxes,
April 21st, 1969, was a signif-
icant date for you in taxes
and for the country, too.
That’s the notary date on
the deed that allowed you to
give your papers to the gov-
ernment and pay just token
taxes for two years. On that
same date you had a tax-re-
form message in which you
said, and I quote, “Special
preferences in the law per-
mit far too many Americans
to pay less than their fair
share of taxes. Too many
others bear too much of the
tax burden.” Now, Mr. Presi-
dent, do you think you paid
your fair share of taxes?
A: Well, I would point out
that those who made deduc-
tions such as I made in this
particular instance included
John Kenneth Galbraith, Je-
rome Weisner, Vice Presi-
dent Humphrey, President
Johnson, a number of oth-
ers. I did not write that law.
When it was brought to my
attention rather vigorously
by President Johnson, when
I saw him shortly after my
election, he thought that it
would be wise for me to
give my papers to the gov-
ernment and take the
proper deduction. I did that.
. , Under the circumstances,
a generation and to move on as you know now, that de-
he domestic in the many duction is no longer al-
areas that I have described lowed. As far as I’m con-
—all of these things, these
structure?
A: With regard to my
statement that there will be
no recession, I had met with
my economic advisers just
last week. I went over this
question in great detail.
We are going through
what I would say is a down-
turn in the economy at this
point—but not a recession.
And for the balance of the
year the prospects are good.
They are good because we
are going to be dealing witn
the energy crisis--what was
a crisis—as a problem. That
will be helpful We expect
to have an increase insofar
as food is concerned. And as
far as other elements of the
economy are concerned,
there are very great areas of
strength.
The last half of the year
we expect to be on an up-
ward curve rather than a
down curve. However, those
are projections made by
economists. And I gave di-
rections to the Office of
Management and Budget,
Mr. Ash, and to our eco-
nomic advisers that we will
be and should be prepared
to deal effectively with any
areas of the country, and
there may be spotted areas
Peace and prosperity.
On the peace front we’re
doing well, and I think we’ll
continue to do well.
With regard to the pros-
perity issue, the bread-and-
butter issue, as I’ve already
indicated, I think that this
economy is going to be mov-
ing up. I think, therefore, it
will be a good year for those
candidates who stand for
the administration.
Q: Mr. President, as 'you
prepare to sign your income
tax returns for this year/
do you intend to pay state
or local income taxes, and
. . to occur. That’s why I’ve been have you had any second
special prosecutor transmit- so positive in saying there will thoughts about your claimed
Clair in a brief which be ted a request that I testify be no recession, deduction for the gift of the
presently is preparing before the grand jury and Q: I don’t think you’re fully vice-presidential papers?
presently is preparing on constitutional grounds I informed about some of the A: Well, with regard to
GASOLINE respectfully declined to do things that are happening in any state taxes are con-
....SO’ did0 fer, of course, to the government in a domestic cerned, I pay any that the
4: I would like to follow respond to any interrogato- way. I’m sure it’s not your law requires. As I under-
up on your discussion of the ries that the special prosecu- fault, but maybe the people stand, in California a ruling
energy situation. When you tor might want to submit or that you’ve appointed to office has been made apparently
said that the crisis has to meet with him personally aren’t giving you right infor- that as, even though I have
ended, but that the problem and to answer questions, mation . residence6.1
is still with us, I think for and he indicated that he did For example, I just discov- that there is not a require-
most people the problem is , not want to proceed in that ered that the Veterans Admin-* menl that I pay California
waiting a long time in line way. ‘ istration has absolutely no taxes. I would be glad to
for gasoline. Another part of 6
it is the price of gasoline go-
ing up as it has been., What
can you tell the American
people about when lines for
the Constitution is very pre- permanent peace in the Mid-
cise in defining what is an east that the oil-producing
impeachable offense. And in countries will conclude that
they should move on the em-
this respect it is the opinion
of White House counsel and
a number of other constitu-
tional lawyers who are per-
haps more up to date on this Q. Has the special prose-
bargo front.
GRAND JURY
than I am at this time, that cutor requested your testi-
a criminal offense on the mony in any form, and if
part of the President is the asked would you testify?
requirement for impeach- A: Well, I believe it’s a
ment. This is a matter which matter of record that the
will be presented, however
of hardship, through the
budget means, and we have
various contingency plans
ready to go.
We will not stand by and
allow this country, because of
the energy crisis, and because
of some of the problems we’ve
had on the inflation front,
stand by and allow a recession
to the committee by Mr. St.
gasoline may become
shorter under your program
and what do you see in
terms of the future of the
price of gas?
A: I believe that the lines
for gasoline will become
shorter, in the spring and
summer months. In fact that
is the purpose of our pro-
IMPEACHMENT means of telling precisely pay those taxes, and, of
what is the national problem course, deduct that from my
Q: Under the—however regarding the payments of federal income tax liability
an impeachable offense is checks to boys going to school as others can do if they de-
defined—under the system, on the G.I. Bill. And many a sire to do so.
the impeachment proceed- young man in this country is With regard to the gift of
ing is the courtroom of the being disillusioned totally by papers that I made to the
President/ You have said his government these days be- government, there is no
many times that these mat- cause of the hardships being question about my intent:
ters belong in the courts. So put upon him. all of my vice presidential
wouldn’t it be in your best A: This is a question which papers were delivered to the
interests and the best inter- you very properly bring to the Archieves in March, four
ests of the country to have attention of the nation. It is a months before the deadline,
this matter finally resolved question which has already The paper work on it ap-
in a proper judicial form, been brought to my attention, parently was not concluded
you would not resign from
the office to which you were
elected. But what if in the
next 'few months it became
evident that your party was
going to suffer a disastrous
defeat in this year’s
elections? Would you then
reconsider your resolve on
this?
A: No. I want my party to
succeed, but more important
I want the presidency to
, survive. And it is vitually
important in this nation that
the presidency of the United
States not be hostage to
what happens to the popu-
larity of a President at one
time or another.
The stability of this office,
the ability of the President
to continue to .govern—the
ability, for example, of this
President to continue the
great initiatives which have
led to a more peaceful
world than we have had for
goals, are yet before us. We
have a lot of work left to do.
More than three years left
to do. And I am going to
stay here until I get it done.
Q: Mr. President, you
made a very strong defense
on the confidentiality of
presidential documents and
other matters, and you’ve
launched a program to pro-
tect the privacy of citizens
of the United States.
In light of this, will you
explain how you happened
to issue an Executive Order
last year, once modified, to
allow the Agriculture De-
partment to examine key
points of individual income-
tax returns of America’s 3
million farmers and the Jus-
tice Department’s advisory
opinion saying that this Ex-
ecutive Order should serve
as a model for all the fed-
eral government depart-
ments?
/ A: Well, as a matter of
fact in the privacy message
which you know I issued on
Saturday, I did not raise
this question specifically.
But certainly I want that
question, along with others
considered.
cerned, I think that was
probably a proper decision.
Mr. Lisagor is next.
Q: In your State of the
Union address, you men-
tioned that Arab leaders
had assured you that they
were calling an urgent meet-
ing to discuss or consider
the lifting of the embargo.
Were you misled by the
Arab leaders, or what hap-
pened to that meeting?
A: Mr. Lisagor, we were
informed that they were
calling an urgent meeting.
We expected that to take
place on the 14th of Febru-
ary. But the Arab leaders, as
you know, are not a united
group necessarily, and that’s
an understatement.
Under the circumstances,
while the Arab leaders who
had given us this assurance
tried to go forward with the
meeting, they were unable
to get the cooperation of
others.
I believe now, however,
that they will get that coop-
eration, that the meeting
will be held, and I believe
that they will lift the em-
bargo.
Q: Thank you, Mr. Presi-
dent.
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