Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 274-015
Date: Monday, August 16, 1971 at 3:37 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rogers, William P.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/274-015

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[22:53] So I was thinking that a very good theme for you in your personal conversations with the graduates and the rest of the students is thinking about the development of talent.
[23:03] I mean, we're not going to save the Americans.
[23:07] We're not going to save the Americans.
[23:12] We're not going to save them.
[23:14] that I constantly handed to both the LFD and the rest of the clergy, which is not really wrong.
[23:25] I think that's, you know what I mean?
[23:26] Regardless, they figured it publicly, I'm saying, for their purpose, but I'm saying it internally.
[23:31] So, what do you think?
[23:35] Thank you.
[23:36] You could say that if you were twice, three times, you know, he just couldn't feel more confident.
[23:44] He just said, let's just get up some observations, let us compete.
[23:47] We want to be welcome.
[23:48] We welcome their success, but we want to be successful, too.
[23:54] Great.
[23:54] We're going to do that.
[23:57] We'll let Japanese be heard.
[24:02] As a matter of fact, I decided three days ago that they want you first.
[24:09] We offered them.
[24:11] We said we could do you or Connelly or Bush or they wanted you and I and the other way around.
[24:18] Yeah.