Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 037-095
Date: Monday, March 12, 1973 at 1:16 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rogers, Adele (Langston)
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-095

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[0:01] I had Mrs. William Rogers.
[0:03] Sure.
[0:06] I just wanted to wish all of you well.
[0:10] Aren't you nice?
[0:10] You're a nice party.
[0:12] You have good spies.
[0:13] Bob Haldeman told me about it.
[0:16] I think it's just a great idea.
[0:18] Are you having just the members of the cabinet, I mean the wives of the members of the cabinet?
[0:22] That's right.
[0:23] And then next week we're going to have the little cabinet and a coffee and what we're trying to do.
[0:29] useful the little cabinet and what can we do to be useful to you anytime we can i wish you we have talked at the last cabinet meeting as an armstrong can tell you i said that in terms of our budget battle and so forth some of the others that we wanted to be sure not to overlook the tremendous asset we have
[0:48] I mean, the wives, some of them can't do it, some will, like you can, others just cannot.
[0:53] That's right, small children and so forth, but some are very good.
[0:56] But I mean, but some are very good at it, some are just uncomfortable.
[1:00] Yes.
[1:00] So that's what we want.
[1:02] The other thing I was going to tell you that I tell them that I am planning, I haven't had one for a while, one of those meetings where they meet, the wives meet with the cabinet,
[1:13] I'm going to wait until Camp David, but it'll be the latter part of April, around the 1st of May.
[1:19] Because that room is much bigger, as you know.
[1:21] It's a huge room there.
[1:22] And everybody can sit at the table that way.
[1:25] Yes.
[1:26] Should I let them know that?
[1:27] Should we say it's fine?
[1:28] Nope.
[1:28] You can tell them that there will be a meeting of the cabinet and their wives.
[1:32] where they can all sit around the table, but they'll have a briefing and then have a little dinner.
[1:36] That'll be the latter part of April, 1st of May, depending upon how the flowers look.
[1:40] Sounds just great.
[1:41] All right.
[1:41] Well, you give them my best.
[1:43] Very thoughtful.
[1:43] I certainly will, and they'll be flattered today.
[1:46] Thank you, Mr. President.