Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 016-122
Date: Sunday, December 19, 1971 at 6:49 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-122

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:03] Hi, Ron.
[0:04] Well, they said it went an hour and a half.
[0:07] Oh, it did?
[0:08] That long?
[0:08] Yeah.
[0:09] They were very pleased.
[0:11] They were also pleased with the money clip you gave them for the new dollar.
[0:15] Yeah, yeah.
[0:16] But, of course, Runewald and Donovan, as you can suspect, were less restrained than, excuse me, more restrained than the sighting at Checker.
[0:27] But they were very pleased with it.
[0:30] uh, even Grunwald, uh, felt it was very strong and, uh, very thoughtful and, uh, very productive session.
[0:41] And I think there's going to be some news out of it, too.
[0:42] Yeah.
[0:42] The part, uh... About not campaigning?
[0:44] Well, that whole thing, yes, sir.
[0:46] Yeah, I know that.
[0:47] Well, the, uh, part during the, uh, you know, not campaigning indeed part, uh, to maintain the non-candidacy as president, too.
[0:56] That's right.
[0:58] I thought this was a pretty good place to put that in.
[1:00] Yes, sir.
[1:00] And that will carry big.
[1:03] They were also pleased on the section of South Asia.
[1:07] Your impressions of the President Schechter and the statics on that.
[1:18] The general overview of the office of the President.
[1:24] So,
[1:26] And then I talked to Schechter by phone later.
[1:32] He called me back after he got out of the presence of the ball, and he talked more freely to me.
[1:47] He told me what they said, you know, amongst themselves.
[1:53] And Donovan was particularly positive about how strong and thoughtful and...
[1:56] relaxed you were, and confident, and apparently...
[2:04] The mood is more important than what we say, anyway.
[2:06] Well, the mood apparently was just that, because they did refer to that, as I say, in terms of thoughtful, reflective, and confident.
[2:15] They've got all this stuff.
[2:16] So, an hour and a half is far more than that.
[2:18] Right, that's enough.
[2:19] But I told them, I told the sector, I said...
[2:24] Right, good.
[2:34] That's good.
[2:34] That leads us up to that spot.
[2:37] Okay, fine.