Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 005-039
Date: Sunday, June 13, 1971 at 10:05 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-039

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[0:00] We saw that at 10 o'clock.
[0:18] Very good.
[0:26] It really was.
[0:26] Very good.
[0:26] They have some of the news, too, I suppose.
[0:49] Oh, yeah.
[0:49] And, you know, they're going to wrap up stuff this March.
[0:50] It just couldn't be better.
[0:50] I mean, you've probably seen the paper.
[0:51] It's a spectacular color picture.
[0:52] Fine picture.
[0:52] I suppose Dick left there just to be expected.
[0:53] He wrote a nasty story.
[0:54] I haven't read that, but I told him.
[0:54] He was worried about the whole story.
[0:55] And I kept him.
[0:55] I kept him out of the White House.
[0:56] Yeah.
[1:22] I don't think you need to worry about what the picture is.
[1:23] It's really a problem.
[1:23] The wires are... Yeah, for the TV.
[1:24] The TV for...
[1:25] Yep.
[1:50] Yep, relax.
[1:50] It did, and Ron got a lot of good playback from that.
[1:51] They appreciated the thought.
[1:52] Oh, good.
[1:53] That was part of it.
[2:18] That's the only thing the weather did.
[2:21] They could have gotten it in at the end, maybe, to knock off the fence.
[2:43] But they didn't in the NBC.
[2:44] But it's, uh...
[2:44] But the other stuff is different.
[2:45] They don't need that.
[2:45] Yeah.
[2:46] Well, I said, yeah, it was really, it was fascinating to watch because there were so many events.
[2:47] One thing I would do in the future is, if that'll lay on the receiving line, I'd just watch this line and put it on the floor.
[2:51] You know, the receiving line is always bad because of the position of the cameras.
[3:10] The cameras just simply show the backs of the people going through the line.
[3:11] You never get a picture of their faces.
[3:12] The cameras should really be set up and set on the side so you see the people coming through because they're a marvelous expression of the people coming through.
[3:15] You can see their faces.
[3:16] Yeah, we could, or they might have to do it with two cameras.
[3:36] Maybe we ought to let them have two.
[3:37] Yeah, well, you know, you could do it.
[3:38] That's much better than just having a lot of cameras shooting the back.
[3:39] Right.
[3:39] Well, the receiving line was fine, but I just thought that you'd have to see the faces again.
[3:41] That's right.
[3:42] You really do need that expression.
[3:42] Right.
[3:42] Okay.
[3:43] That would be great.
[3:43] Okay.
[3:43] All right.