Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 008-022 Date: Monday, August 16, 1971 at 9:40 PM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Safire, William L. Recording device: White House Telephone Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-022 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:03] Yes, President. [0:09] Andrews is working on the VFW. [0:10] And the materials that we use will not be here. [0:17] Or he could work on that. [0:42] Right. [1:00] Don't use it all. [1:09] Use what you need. [1:10] Other stuff. [1:10] Okay. [1:10] One of the [1:34] That's right. [1:47] That's what he wants to do. [1:47] No, well, he may be right. [1:49] He can slam in there. [1:50] In other words, he'd be more newsworthy. [1:50] He may be right. [1:51] He may be right, but he would just sort of be an echo now later on. [1:55] He'd be a real power. [1:56] Good.