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Conversation 277-020

TapeTape 277StartWednesday, September 15, 1971 at 4:15 PMEndWednesday, September 15, 1971 at 4:38 PMTape start time01:50:23Tape end time02:02:24ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Colson, Charles W.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
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On September 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:15 pm to 4:38 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 277-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 277-20

Date: September 15, 1971
Time: 4:15 pm - 4:38 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 9-27; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]
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Hello.
Hello.
Well, what's your new in the battlefront today?
I see muskies.
I would like to work with a person from the battlefront.
Save 28 of them.
I'm not familiar.
They're basically just turning left now.
Maybe they're... Oh, I hope there's probably no Republicans stood up for him on this.
Chavits is the best one.
Yeah.
Back off well.
Well, even, uh, even, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
They know damn well we didn't do what we had to do.
We did a lot better than Reagan than if they'd write him out of town on a stick.
Think of Mike Lennon.
Well, I guess straight up or down, support the president.
Support the wage, stop inflation, support the wage prices, whatever it is.
I'm sure he's a guy.
He's lost.
This is the guy in front of the machine.
Right next to the fellow in the green.
I mean, between the co-op guy and the other fellow.
Here, I try.
It's over.
I have the slightest idea what it's about.
Let's see.
Yeah.
That's a Minnesota one.
Now they're... Well, they're getting out.
The only sleeper issue that's difficult for us to deal with is... How do you call that?
The word.
The word.
The word.
I think I know that's a pretty good idea.
I think so.
Don't you think so?
I think so.
I believe that.
I'm not concerned about the market this time.
I think it's just marketing time.
But 900 is about what it's worth.
That's my opinion.
Where did it end today?
And also they see the older guys who are in the caucus, you know, milling around.
I must say, I think we've got as much as we can to do that.
You know, we've got to be at the speech last week, and we've got to finish it.
Awesome.
I feel like prices have been a little bit of a push.
You know, the public is supporting the 10-2 rule.
They've been doing it for a long time.
They're waiting for the announcement.
But the other hand, we're trying to do what we want to do.
We want to keep wages and prices down.
People say, yes, we're just going to keep business running on and on and on.
Great stuff going on.
I've got these polls from Lancaster.
I didn't know if I wanted to come out.
Supporting the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the,
OK!
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