Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 260 › Conversation 260-018

Nixon & Andrews on White House administration and Staff management

Friday, July 2, 1971 · 5:26 PM–5:33 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Andrews, John K., Jr.Conversation260-018 on Tape 260 (tape position 01:58:48–02:07:55)StartFriday, July 2, 1971 at 5:26 PMEndFriday, July 2, 1971 at 5:33 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 260-018 ↗

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President Nixon met with staff member John K. Andrews, Jr. for a brief discussion regarding ongoing work assignments and administrative tasks. The conversation touched upon the management of various projects, the handling of written materials, and the President's personal reflections on his work. No major policy decisions were reached, as the dialogue focused primarily on procedural matters and the status of current internal projects.

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Hello.
Yeah.
I am, uh, have been dictated some, uh, some different approach to pick up some of your stuff, but to put it in, uh, maybe a different, uh, context.
and she'll have it done in about a half hour.
I would like for you to take it and see what you can do about it.
Now I understand that I have a problem and it's still, we're really talking about 15, 15 hours smoking.
It's very long.
It has to be that long that you can't deal with it.
And, uh, this is not good.
I want, I want it left.
I want it left pretty much in the same temple.
Well, there is, over in Polish, you may find some of the other churches you use.
Oh, one thing, if I wanted to, I'd like to, what I am, there's a blue grant, and I have something that's good in my mind, which is going to take me to the factory, and say, we don't have so much.
We're not going to put this out there.
That's why I make it up.
I do a lot.
I don't know if you've seen it.
I don't know if you've seen it.
Yes, which everyone would love to see.
And I also came up with a child of 18 years old out of Victoria.
I had to go to high school.
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I tried all kinds of people, all kinds of people, all kinds of people, all kinds of people, all kinds of people, all kinds of people, all kinds of people, all kinds of people, all kinds of people, all kinds of people, all kinds of people, all kinds of people, all kinds of people,
Oh, one thing I want to do, I like to, what I am, there's blue ground, and I have something that's good in my mind, which is exactly what I said.
We don't have so much.
We're not going to put this on for Christ's sake.
We're not going to put this on for Christ's sake.
That's why I make it up.
I do a lot.
I do a lot.
I do a lot.
I do a lot.
Yes, which everyone could well have been happy to see.
And I also ended up having this child of an 18-year-old out of Victoria.
I had to go to high school.
Yeah.
Yeah.
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and I want to be exactly what they do.
The American, you cannot realize the American dream until each American has a chance to realize it in his own life.
And something like that, just finding that goal is working in some way.
See, the thing about that is that they can't just leave it and call it eternal people.
I know that's wrong.
or we're not talking to the Christian people, we're talking to the television people, we're talking to the country people, they haven't heard it or they haven't forgotten it.
And so, and if you've got a good line, you've got to keep repeating it so that people, you know, might get their conscience right.
You'll find that something will work.
I'm going to show you how to work on that.
All right, let's see what time it is now.
All right, ready?
All right, I'm out here, let's have a look.
Five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,
You'll see what I'm trying to get at.
Well, I'll be using the text that I made this morning to read the text that I wrote a couple of days ago.
It will be in my own playbook.
It will be in my own collection.
It will be in my own collection.
I really don't think there's too much to say.
The only real reason for this, I declare, is a great one, a prologue, in which I, as you said, I declare that this would be my second leader.
And so I, what is different here is that I wrote, as you remember, I said, I don't want peace.
I don't want personal peace.
Yeah, yeah.
It's very rough.
Same organization.
All right.
Bye.
Bye.
Bye.
Bye.

NARA Description

On July 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:26 pm to 5:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 260-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 260-18

Date: July 2, 1971
Time: 5:26 pm - 5:33 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with John K. Andrews, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 6-101]

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  • 006-101 5:26 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:26 pm to 5:33 pm.
  • 006-102 5:33 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:33 pm and 5:39 pm.
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Conversation 260-018, July 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/260-018 (accessed October 5, 2026).