Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 022-075
Date: Tuesday, April 4, 1972 at 10:45 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-075

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:02] Yes, sir.
[0:03] I just thought you would be interested to hear.
[0:07] I just had my talk with Ingersoll before taking off.
[0:10] He's going to Chicago and then over to Tokyo tomorrow.
[0:13] And I was just, again, enormously impressed with him.
[0:18] He's so decent and soft-spoken and well-spoken and yet strong.
[0:23] And that...
[0:24] At the end of the conversation, he came to you and he says, you know what really convinced me to take this job?
[0:29] He says, when you appointed George Shultz to be a member of our board, when a fellow like that would
[0:34] You'd pick a guy like that, he says, I figured I'd like to be a part of it, so I thought you'd be pleased to hear that.
[0:40] Let me say that it was good that you found him, because I think this guy's going to be superb over there.
[0:46] He'll be good.
[0:47] Well, he's just, he's going to be loyal and good.
[0:49] Okay?
[0:50] He'll be very loyal and be looking for, I mean, he's your man.
[0:54] Right, right.
[0:55] Oh, yes, yes.
[0:56] Well, we're sending special letters over to, private letters to Sato and Fukuda, so they'll know.
[1:02] Very fine.
[1:02] Appreciate that.
[1:03] All right, George, bye.
[1:04] Thank you.