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Conversation 016-118

TapeTape 16StartSaturday, December 18, 1971 at 5:26 PMEndSaturday, December 18, 1971 at 5:28 PMTape start time03:59:30Tape end time04:00:46ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Connally, John B.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon and John B. Connally coordinated the President’s arrival at the Group of Ten meeting to mark the successful negotiation of complex international currency realignments. Connally advised the President to congratulate the delegates and escort them to the press to highlight the historic significance of their agreement. The two agreed that the President would deliver brief remarks emphasizing the unprecedented nature and difficulty of the achievement.

Group of TenInternational monetary policyCurrency realignmentEconomic diplomacyPress relations
AudioNARA Description

On December 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:26 pm to 5:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-118 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 16-118

Date: December 18, 1971
Time: 5:26 pm - 5:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

[See Conversation No. 639-20]

     Group of Ten meeting

     President’s schedule
           -President’s appearance at the Group of Ten meeting
           -Press
                 -Presidential announcement
                       -Historical significance
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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I think we've got it wrapped up.
We were just trying to put the final touches on the communique, so nothing embarrassing.
We still do not have the tables that we need, but I think you can come over.
I tell you what I've done.
I've delayed my New York departure.
I was able to do some finagling with the...
motorcade up there i delayed it 20 minutes so it's great if i could uh come now how long does it take to get from here down about 10 minutes five minutes fine and then if i could get away from there by uh 10 minutes till six six is about as late as you can certainly do that fine all right we're in executive session may i suggest to you that you come right now that you come now that you come right on in and uh congratulate everybody congratulate them and meet them and then if you wish take them to the press i would strongly recommend that you
We'll escort the whole group to the press.
Escort the group to the press.
And then who, I'll say a word.
Just brag on them.
Oh, I am.
What they've done, that this was the most, not only the most historic, the most difficult, the most far-reaching.
And the only time it's ever been done in the history of nations, where we sat down and arranged this complicated, a realignment of rates.
Yeah, right.
Never been anything like it.
Good.
All right, I'm on the way.
All right, sir.
Thank you.
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