Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 013-040
Date: Friday, October 29, 1971 at 4:55 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Whitaker, John C.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-040

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:01] Yes, sir.
[0:02] Hi, John.
[0:02] How are you getting along on Teddy Gleason?
[0:05] We're working it pretty hard.
[0:06] Colson, and we had Colson and Silberman, the people under Hutch, and he's out of town.
[0:12] And we're trying to cut a deal, essentially, whereby on our next oil imports out of Venezuela, they'd go on American bottoms in return for getting the 50-50 deal on grain to Russia.
[0:25] Now, that's complicated, and Colson and Lincoln are working on that right now.
[0:32] Well, right, but you're pushing it with everything you've got, huh?
[0:37] Yes, sir.
[0:38] You know this is a good one.
[0:40] Yeah, I'm good.
[0:41] It pays off foreign policy and with the farm bill.
[0:43] Right.
[0:44] Fine job.
[0:44] Okay.
[0:45] Thanks.