Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 018-031
Date: Monday, January 10, 1972 at 1:11 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Flanigan, Peter M.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-031

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[0:00] Mr. President, Mr. Flanagan for you.
[0:03] There you are.
[0:04] Yes, sir.
[0:06] I'm just finishing my talk with Ken Rush, and he's here.
[0:10] And I've asked him to sit with you and discuss his successor thing.
[0:17] He's going over to have a talk with Laird tomorrow.
[0:20] So we're going to rule that along.
[0:24] We've got to get the successor thing on the track, however, before an indication that he would be leaving, see?
[0:30] Yes, sir.
[0:31] So if you would talk with him about the candidates we have, assuming we have some.
[0:38] people that we're considering, and we get a recommendation on the thing.
[0:44] Yes, sir, I will.
[0:45] How does it stand at the present time?
[0:47] We're considering Clements, among others, I guess.
[0:50] Clements is our first consideration.
[0:52] Ingersoll has shown very real interest in Japan.
[0:55] We got down on Wednesday to talk to Bill Rogers about that.
[0:58] Right.
[0:59] But other than Clements, we don't have anyone other than the list I showed you before.
[1:03] Galvin has turned us down.
[1:04] Yeah.
[1:04] So maybe you ought to talk to him about that and see what can...
[1:14] I would like to have it handled if possible.
[1:16] Clements is fine with me, but I'd like to have it handled without my having to look into it anymore now.
[1:23] Yes, sir.
[1:23] The next thing we'll do is put a recommendation in.
[1:26] And then get... Well, if it's Clements, it's okay.
[1:30] But I would...
[1:32] but you talk to him about it and see what he feels about it, okay?
[1:36] Yes, sir, I will.
[1:37] Nobody has talked to Clemens yet.
[1:39] Nobody has talked to Clemens yet.
[1:41] So we don't know.
[1:42] Right.
[1:42] Thank you.