Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 022-088
Date: Wednesday, April 5, 1972 at 2:54 PM
Participants: Eisenhower, Julie Nixon; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-088

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:01] Yeah.
[0:02] Mom, hi.
[0:03] We're over here in the office, and Daddy wanted to know if you thought you might do that half-hour special on China.
[0:10] Oh, I don't know anything about that.
[0:12] I haven't heard any more about it.
[0:14] I don't think I can add anything more.
[0:16] I am so rushed, honey.
[0:18] I've just got so much coming up.
[0:20] I get back and we have Arbor Day.
[0:23] But if we had somebody good who reviewed the film and then wrote a script, don't you think it would be possible?
[0:30] When would you do it, though?
[0:31] I don't have any time.
[0:34] Well, if we could get good people assigned to it, like Bill Sapphire or something.
[0:40] And, you know, Daddy was thinking that Tex McCrary might be a good person to bring in to help work on it.
[0:48] I don't think there'd be that much to it in the sense it's only a half hour.
[0:51] And it would just be kind of a wrap-up of what happened.
[0:55] It wouldn't be anything new.
[0:56] And there wouldn't be any filming of you.
[0:58] It just probably would take a day to do the voiceover.
[1:01] I don't see how it could take more.
[1:03] If they came up with prepared remarks.
[1:05] Yeah, well, they'd have to be prepared because I don't have any time left.
[1:08] When I come back, I have... Would you like the idea of... Yeah.
[1:12] When I come back.
[1:13] And then we go to Canada.
[1:14] Would you like the idea of...
[1:16] Is Tex McCrary being involved?
[1:17] Do you think he's good?
[1:19] I think he's clever.
[1:20] Well, no, I think that certainly there must have been somebody on the trip that...
[1:25] Someone on the trip.
[1:26] Wouldn't you think?
[1:27] Yeah, that makes sense.
[1:28] Even, um, well... Well, did Herb Klein go?
[1:34] Doesn't he write?
[1:35] Herb didn't go on the trip.
[1:37] Oh.
[1:38] Well, I don't know who went who can write.
[1:41] If we can think of a way to get it to you so that it's not much work for you, then would you do it?
[1:48] Well, yeah, I'll think of it.
[1:52] If we can work it out.