Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 237-029
Date: Friday, December 29, 1972 at 5:12 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: Camp David Hard Wire
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/237-029

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:03] State, with regard to the, I want you to make a check.
[0:08] It's really, you may recall that when President Eisenhardt died, I had a reception for the visiting official representatives.
[0:23] You know what I'm talking about?
[0:25] Remember, we had the Gall and all the others, of course, came to them, but we had a reception
[0:29] all of these official representatives now i don't think that wasn't the family or anything like that but you recall that's what we did now uh i don't think anybody's got any thinking about this about doing this for good but if you do some just have some discreet checks made uh you know uh i suppose you've got to run through the state department or if you can have uh
[0:57] and Kennedy's office and so forth, but my guess is that I should do it.
[1:02] Have it checked first through Kennedy's office.
[1:05] Colonel Kennedy says, Kessinger's gone.
[1:07] You understand?
[1:08] And then they can check this, and then they can run it by the State Department people and so forth.
[1:16] But I'm willing to do it.
[1:17] I just want to be sure we do at least offer to do what was done at the time of the Eisenhower business.
[1:24] Now, you don't need to get back to me at all.
[1:28] Am I going to be here on the 5th?
[1:30] So it doesn't make you there if I'm going to service.
[1:31] Now, there's one thing that is slightly different in this case.
[1:35] In fact, it's quite different.
[1:36] In that case, basically, that was the general.
[1:41] Let me explain.
[1:42] At that time, that general was held in the National Cathedral.
[1:47] And, you see, in this case, the general's already been held.
[1:50] It's a memorial service.
[1:52] But nevertheless, the number of heads of state
[1:54] former heads of state and so forth are coming to the funeral.
[2:02] So it may be that it will be expected that it will be there after.
[2:10] I recall, for example, when I went over to Galls, the funeral at Pompidou gave a reception for everybody after it.
[2:14] But that was the funeral in that case also.
[2:15] Now this is different in that respect, but I'll tell you, why don't you just let the State Department people work on it and give us a recommendation, okay?
[2:24] to have the security come through.
[2:26] Okay, thank you.