Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 272-004 Date: Monday, August 9, 1971 at 1:48 PM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.; [Unknown person(s)] Recording device: Old Executive Office Building Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/272-004 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:03] Hello. [0:07] We've got our meeting tomorrow, all right? [0:14] OK. Fine, fine. [0:14] OK. That's good. [0:24] Incidentally, is there anything I know of some [0:37] I see. [0:50] Is there anything particularly new in the international front that we can do? [0:56] I know Collin did rule that it would go out in Texas. [1:05] Yeah. [1:05] Yeah. [1:05] I don't know if there will be a crisis, particularly, [1:07] Yeah. [1:32] I, uh... [1:32] I don't want to do exactly what you're going to do. [1:57] I don't want to do some of the sort of training for you, or the training for you, or the training for you, or the training for you. [1:59] I think they would have to be joined. [2:00] You know what I mean? [2:00] They'd have it in a crisis. [2:01] It's never bad. [2:02] They say, I mean, it is a continuing downward trend. [2:28] But it's not the crisis that I'm talking about. [2:29] I don't think that the voter shock would be a compulsion to . [2:30] What's your next story? [2:39] Yeah, on the internet. [2:58] There's nothing to do. [2:59] We know it's dangerous, but . [3:01] Yeah, and there are . [3:21] Yeah. [3:43] Yeah. [3:45] Yeah. [3:46] Yeah. [3:46] Yeah. [3:46] Yeah. [3:46] Yeah. [4:40] Well, I think that that's the problem. [4:51] Just beyond what we were recommending. [4:55] What is it with education? [5:25] Yeah. [6:20] What about the chance of, uh, what about the chance of sustaining that? [6:30] But, uh, when do we have to, uh, consider that? [6:41] Yeah. [6:42] Well, I'd like to know the chances. [7:07] I'd like to know what the chances are of getting a vote. [7:08] Either way, if there's a chance of getting a vote. [7:09] Yeah. [7:13] Oh, there's no waiting in here. [7:16] We have to go. [8:07] You're watching me. [8:22] We're gonna have that fun. [8:23] All right, come on. [8:23] Come on, come on. [8:23] Okay. [8:23] Wait, I forgot. [8:27] I see. [8:29] He, uh... Young. [8:31] He is. [8:31] Why wouldn't he? [8:31] He looks like a boy to me. [8:39] I will speak on this very shortly. [9:20] We'll look at the arguments tomorrow. [9:25] We'll get the retail sales figures in. [9:31] Yeah. [9:31] Yeah, well, we'll have to look at it tomorrow. [9:34] We should have put it in.