Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 085-012
Date: Friday, December 3, 1971 at 12:00 AM
Participants: [Unknown person(s)]
Recording device: Cabinet Room
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/085-012

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[3:09:10] Ah, I'd say that it was connected.
[3:09:33] White wants $60,000.
[3:09:33] White has $60,000.
[3:09:34] White has $60,000.
[3:09:34] $60,000. $60,000.
[3:10:00] Hello.
[3:10:01] Hello.
[3:10:01] Hello.
[3:10:01] Hello.
[3:10:36] Det er svært svært svært svært.
[3:11:14] I'm not checking every one, but there's no reason why they wouldn't all be the same.
[3:11:21] All of those are 60.
[3:11:22] Well, you know what?
[3:11:28] Maybe they've already replaced them.
[3:11:30] Is that possible?
[3:11:31] Maybe they did.
[3:11:32] Yeah, all of mine seats so far.
[3:11:37] It's possible maybe that they replaced them.
[3:11:41] These are all 60s.
[3:11:43] Right.
[3:11:43] Okay.
[3:11:44] Oh, I've already done it?
[3:11:45] Yeah.
[3:11:45] Okay.
[3:12:16] How are you doing?
[3:12:58] All right, now he comes in here.
[3:13:01] Jim, this is Thorstein.
[3:13:06] Jim, I mean Chuck.
[3:13:08] Yes.
[3:13:09] He'll be here.
[3:13:11] He'll be here.
[3:13:12] He'll pick up his entrance.
[3:13:13] Okay.
[3:13:15] Following him.
[3:13:17] Leading him.
[3:13:17] Not leading him, but following him.
[3:13:19] Losing him.
[3:13:19] Losing Chappell.
[3:13:21] Positioning himself over that corner.
[3:13:23] And he almost got himself killed.
[3:13:24] I'll just knock on the doorway more or less.
[3:13:27] I'll let him enter.
[3:13:29] Don't come in until after your drive.
[3:13:31] I've seen him way, way at two feet since he's come in.
[3:13:34] Right now I'm here.
[3:13:36] First of all, you've got to take a read of these bulbs.
[3:13:39] They're not 61s.
[3:13:41] The president sits there in the high chair.
[3:13:44] His adjutant sits here.
[3:13:48] All of these people will be occupied, and most of the others.
[3:13:58] There will be about 35 people in here.
[3:14:05] I don't know who else of importance is going to talk, but obviously we want to concentrate.
[3:14:15] I don't know.
[3:14:17] How many seats are in here?
[3:14:21] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
[3:14:34] Well, there are more than 35 chairs in here, so hopefully, Chuck, hopefully there will be a few gaps in here.
[3:14:45] Well, if there are not, and there are three gaps down there, then maybe you can get...
[3:14:51] Mark Wood or John Scali or someone who's here, I'll be outside there.
[3:14:54] I was looking earlier, and Randy said we might have to be quick now.
[3:15:00] There are people sitting there.
[3:15:01] I won't take this.
[3:15:03] Everybody's standing in front of me.
[3:15:05] I can't do that.
[3:15:07] I'll stay over there.
[3:15:09] You don't have to.
[3:15:10] There's nothing wrong with that.
[3:15:12] And I can't make your move.
[3:15:18] Slow, very slowly here.
[3:15:44] The president will open the meeting and talk for about 10 minutes, and then turn it over to tonight's president, who will continue our conversation.
[3:15:49] We'll have about 10 minutes each, and then we'll have a little bit of this.
[3:15:51] We'll try to see...
[3:16:02] But you better be sure to come in here with a brand new one.
[3:16:05] Where am I coming from?
[3:16:06] As we go on.
[3:16:06] And I need it because I think it's going to be a good night.
[3:16:10] I mean, what do we have to do?
[3:16:11] Now you don't need to do anything.
[3:16:12] You're going to end up in a lot of pieces.
[3:16:15] I apply.
[3:16:24] Thank you very much.
[3:16:42] In fact, Chuck, if you get in here ahead of time, which I'm sure you can, you might grab a few inserts.
[3:16:47] There isn't much, but I guess maybe I could use them.
[3:16:51] Maybe you could get in here early for the present.
[3:16:54] Yeah, let's see.
[3:16:56] Okay.
[3:16:57] You might make a little, when you get this, make your own little additional notes.
[3:17:02] But you will have, let's go home behind me, I think, until nearly 10 o'clock, so you should have a good half an hour in here with nobody along the line.
[3:17:10] Where is the mystery room in the hostel room?
[3:17:11] Oh, thank you, please.
[3:17:23] Well, how's the reading in here?
[3:17:27] Really?
[3:17:28] Well, is it going to be the same if it's a dark gray day?
[3:17:35] That's good to hear.
[3:18:06] This guy white, your truck is going to be the wind truck.
[3:18:18] He's locked here.
[3:18:26] But you're over here, you know.
[3:18:28] You have a priority monitor.
[3:18:29] I can probably decide.
[3:18:30] Yeah, yeah.
[3:18:31] I don't know.
[3:18:32] And probably people sitting here, too, don't know the monitor.
[3:18:35] All right.
[3:18:37] When the president leaves, he'll count him out, Joe.
[3:18:40] All right.
[3:18:41] And he'll follow us.
[3:18:42] He'll follow back.
[3:18:43] Why not?
[3:18:44] Okay, so...
[3:18:44] It's the same thing every first.
[3:18:46] So then when we look at my magazine...
[3:18:48] When my magazine gets down, the president's going to be on top.
[3:18:52] And we're going to leave.
[3:18:56] Well, if he says we'll talk about an operation, I mean, I got to get going again.
[3:19:01] You know?
[3:19:02] All right.
[3:19:03] Let me see if I can cut it, though.
[3:19:05] Let me see if I can cut it, though.
[3:19:10] Because, uh, well...
[3:19:12] I don't know.
[3:19:13] I don't know.
[3:19:14] I don't know.
[3:19:15] I don't know.
[3:19:16] I don't know.
[3:19:17] I don't know.
[3:19:18] Sound.
[3:19:19] Sound.
[3:19:46] No problem.
[3:19:47] You'll just have to arrange that.
[3:19:49] No problem.
[3:19:51] No problem.
[3:19:52] No problem.
[3:20:04] All right, while we're here, while we're here, are we all settled in this room?
[3:20:05] Yes, we're ready.
[3:20:06] Are we finished?
[3:20:06] Yes.
[3:20:31] All right, while we're here, why don't we look at the 2-0 departure, which is right here in the car.
[3:20:40] I'm sorry we're doing this all out of order, but we've worked so much time, but we went back.
[3:20:49] All right.