Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 278 › Conversation 278-026

Nixon & Finch on Revenue sharing and Environmental policy

Sunday, September 12, 1971 · 4:37 PM–4:55 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Finch, Robert H.Conversation278-026 on Tape 278 (tape position 00:34:09–00:38:53)StartSunday, September 12, 1971 at 4:37 PMEndSunday, September 12, 1971 at 4:55 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 278-026 ↗

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President Richard Nixon and Robert Finch met to discuss political strategy and administrative initiatives, including revenue sharing, environmental policy, and upcoming legislative goals. The conversation also touched upon the necessity of public engagement through media appearances and the anticipated impact of the Vietnam War on the political landscape. They further addressed specific concerns regarding school desegregation mandates in northern states and political maneuvering in California.

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I allow you home.

I want you to play tennis.

Yeah.

I was glad to see all the members of your staff the other day at church.

Oh, you were, yeah?

My fellow is, of course, he does it just because we always preach it.

He does it just because he sees what's going on here.

Good.

How is your .

That's what people want.

It's got the environment.

It's got the revenue share.

It's got the .

What I did at the Congressional Act in this session

being and going on the television shows and the talk shows and everything else.

You're, you're, that's your, I think, I think Connelly when he gets back to Europe, which will be next week, we'll get the treasure in the square in Washington.

If we have the treasure,

I can do that for six weeks, sure.

I feel like we can do a little bit of that for a time.

So I expect that there's a

Talk to you later.

Heck, of course, once we get the war out of the way, it might not be as good as it used to be.

It's a major hang-up.

I never talked to him.

I, of course, would like to promise him that, but I don't know what he's going to tell me.

He turns off the kids practically, but boy, he sure turns on artists.

Colson was tall, but he just didn't have the costumes.

We have to remember that in the northern states, these are not AGW plans.

They're court orders, and they're only factored under each other.

under the new California law, put candidates on the battlefield now.

Who is this?

NARA Description

On September 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:37 pm to 4:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-026 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 278-26

Date: September 12, 1971
Time: 4:37 pm - 4:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Robert Finch.

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Also recorded on September 12, 1971

008-088 4:31 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:31 pm.
008-089 4:31 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:31 pm.
278-023 4:31 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:31 pm.
278-024 4:31 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:31 pm.
008-090 4:35 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:35 pm.
008-091 4:35 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:37 pm.
008-092 4:37 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:37 pm.
008-093 4:37 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch talked on the telephone from 4:37 pm to 4:55 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 278-026, September 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-026 (accessed October 9, 2026).