Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 017-009
Date: Friday, December 24, 1971 at 1:50 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hughes, James D. ("Don")
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-009
National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417191781 (NAID 417191781)

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:02] Yes, sir.
[0:02] I forgot to tell you, I want you to call Otto Passman on the phone, if you would.
[0:06] All right, sir.
[0:07] And say you're calling at the president's request, that you brought it up, that there is a, that this will be an exception.
[0:15] But the president said that if, told you that if Otto Passman felt that it was a good idea, that he would approve it, and that he, Otto, can so state.
[0:27] All right, sir.
[0:28] In other words, we want to make a few points with him on it, too.
[0:30] We're fine.
[0:31] But you should call him and say, and the president wants to extend his very best wishes for Christmas and all that.
[0:37] He said that he had complete confidence in auto-passing because he knows he wouldn't spend the taxpayers' money unless it was in a good cause.
[0:44] Yes, sir.
[0:45] All right.
[0:46] Thank you, sir.