Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 271-003 Date: Wednesday, August 4, 1971 at 8:37 AM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob") Recording device: Old Executive Office Building Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/271-003 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [3:15:06] They all set for this thing today? [3:15:07] Okay, what's the game at 7.30? [3:15:08] Alright. [3:15:08] Yeah. [3:15:08] If they got there, they can meet there and have a talk. [3:15:34] Good. [3:15:34] All right. [3:15:34] All right. [3:15:55] But one thing, if you check with me, call me back. [3:15:56] I think the, I was, but didn't the adding also recommend that both the OPM be a level two and the federal reserve? [3:15:59] Well, find out what it was. [3:16:00] Somebody recommend that level two to the federal reserve. [3:16:29] Well, I've heard of him, but I've never seen him in the dark. [3:16:31] He was a crater. [3:16:31] He cratered in the end of the quarter. [3:17:16] What's the feeling about, I read it this summer, but what's the feeling about the usual reaction? [3:17:50] What are we doing or not in our... [3:18:34] No, I think the . [3:18:35] It's a rather curious . [3:19:02] This seems like one record, and I rather wonder if we have something to go with it, whether we're following results. [3:19:06] I don't think we really have an option to go with it. [3:19:08] It's not a big part of the whole problem. [3:19:31] But I can't do that. [3:20:13] Yeah. [3:20:13] Yeah. [3:20:13] Yeah. [3:20:13] That's right. [3:20:14] That's right. [3:20:51] But then about how the economy is going, you hardly, you just don't get to see all the economy is bad. [3:21:01] It is. [3:21:01] Some of it's bad, some of it's good. [3:21:04] And, yeah, I just don't have it. [3:21:07] Well, the other thing that's true about it is, yeah, well, they're not all bad either. [3:21:22] But the commercial thing, retail sales, I've never been here. [3:21:26] Retail sales, not mobile sales, construction sales. [3:22:02] What I was thinking when you talked about this is that you've changed a lot of those laws. [3:22:04] They, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, [3:22:58] Yeah, I think, for example, the planning of the meeting probably has not been too effective. [3:23:00] Yeah, right. [3:23:27] But I think, you see, the point is they should be talking about the economy and those guys. [3:23:31] Yeah. [3:23:31] Yeah. [3:23:31] And then the other thing is, the other thing is not about the economy, but another thing. [3:23:35] I think the more important part of doing it individually, except for about 40 or 50, you have to do it individually. [3:23:39] I'm sure you get questions on these things. [3:23:54] And that's why I said to him, you know, I'm going to get this, and so forth and so on. [3:23:56] I met him once, and I thought, you know, I'm going to get some good stories for him. [3:23:58] I'm going to get back to him. [3:23:58] But then, nobody called up on us. [3:23:59] Well, meeting every week or so, that's what you have to do with the does, the business ways, and all those people. [3:24:02] They just have to be back. [3:24:02] They're too lucky. [3:24:03] They're too calm. [3:24:03] You know, calm. [3:24:03] That's what I had to do. [3:24:23] So I'm sure they want to follow that up. [3:24:24] But I think the other thing, too, is that we have to realize it's a very interesting and subtle regard. [3:24:27] And I'm sure it will be done. [3:24:27] Just as the Democratic politicians figured it out, these people are petrified about the war and all sorts of ways possible. [3:24:30] And now we've got the parents and all kinds [3:25:30] 31, you know, it's like season. [3:25:31] It's like season. [3:25:31] It's like season. [3:25:32] It's like season. [3:25:32] It's like season. [3:25:33] It's like season. [3:25:33] It's like season.