Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 262-007
Date: Monday, July 19, 1971 at 5:05 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/262-007

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[0:03] Hello, John.
[0:04] I got tied up with, uh, with, uh, coffee.
[0:06] Unfortunately, I was not finished up.
[0:07] But I wanted to say that tomorrow, I'd like to do two things that you talked about.
[0:11] First, I'd like to have a good evening.
[0:13] I'd like to catch up on something with you as much as you want.
[0:16] You know, I've been missing you all the time.
[0:18] I've been feeling all the time.
[0:20] So, before I start the session, I'll go on.
[0:33] And second, if you would come there also with Shultz and see whether he can bring him in and have him come in for whatever he wants.
[0:37] But I think we ought to have a separate conversation.
[0:38] Well, first I ought to have a separate conversation with you because I want to ask you about my son who doesn't report on this other thing, right?
[0:41] And so if you would come in either before or after all, you and then you and Shultz together,
[1:01] Fair enough.
[1:02] And when you tell George that you're ready, it'll work out sometimes.
[1:04] Anything at the moment, I've got him.
[1:05] I'm just waiting here.
[1:06] I'm just kind of waiting.
[1:07] How are you coming along in here?
[1:08] You decided to put a probe in that John Moore, I know.
[1:10] Good.
[1:10] He's a good man.
[1:11] Rogers was enormously impressive.
[1:12] He had some eye on it, didn't he?
[1:32] Roger's a director who's got a good eye for art, he's a portrait gunman, and I said to him, you know, he's the smartest guy in the world.
[1:42] But he's impressive.
[1:43] Garvin's going to be impressive.
[1:45] Well, he just thought that when Bill said that Garvin was going to be impressive, he said, man, he's impressive.
[1:50] So that made me feel that, of course, I didn't prove he was good, but he's back in the big league with a fellow like Roger, and Roger's the same class, which is why he's great.
[1:59] But there's nothing you have to do now, right now.
[2:01] Fine, is that okay?
[2:01] All right, bye John.