Byline: Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- War protesters had just swarmed through Washington and a new bunch -- "tough, hard-core radicals'' in the eyes of President Nixon -- was heading for the capital. He gathered his inner circle to ponder how to react, and a newly released tape captures their anxiety.
For an hour and a half on April 27, 1971, Nixon, his Cabinet and his closest advisers pondered whether to ignore the demonstrators or arrest them.
On the one hand, said Nixon, he didn't want to convey a soft message of `Come on, you kiddies, you know, don't tear up the joint and so forth.''
``If on the other hand, they come in and start …
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