Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 008-045
Date: Tuesday, September 7, 1971 at 7:13 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-045

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[3:14] But I think this is a, now, the only other thing that I, the only thing open is whether we do it in Portland or in San Francisco.
[3:32] Now, we still have open, of course, the possibility of doing it in Portland at a later time when we come out of that Eisenhower Center thing.
[3:37] And I really believe it is much more important.
[3:59] And if they want to come up, raise help.
[4:00] If we stay at another place, maybe it's...
[4:01] It's so easy to congregate in the church, you know, out there in the square.
[4:19] Maybe we stay at the Mark Hopkins or the, uh, is there any possibility of that?
[4:23] Well, how about doing the nope?
[4:23] Well, well.
[4:24] Stay down now.
[4:30] How about the theory that people are coming in from all over the world and have it down near the airport?
[4:49] How about making a good airport hotel and having it down there?
[4:50] It's a little harder for them to communicate, but you see, that place, Bob, is so logical for people to come.
[4:53] Every drunk could be in and out.
[4:53] That's right.
[4:54] The airport.
[4:54] And I really feel that doing it close to the airport, close to the airport, a nice airport hotel, rather than going into some consistent movement there.
[4:58] Okay.
[5:21] Right.
[5:22] Right.
[5:23] Right.
[5:25] Okay.