Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 279-031
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1971 at 5:37 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-031

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:00] Yeah.
[0:01] Give me one of mine.
[0:09] Now, the other thing is that Schultz had some, I called him and I said, you know, we ought to use that one thing we usually do.
[0:19] Start about some of the optimistic side of the economy.
[0:22] In other words, there's a lot of stuff that, you know, there's something about the, you know, there's an agency for professional employees, you know, everything from housing to, you know, just the living.
[0:35] And why don't you get to, why don't you get to go and get to work?
[0:43] A short list, a short list, so you can do it for a minute.
[0:45] You know, retails, I don't know how, a lot of old bills, you know, a lot of, you know, the, the, the, you know, which he makes it very important to mention.
[1:09] I think these things are probably more important than making that kind of appointment.
[1:15] You're trying to give them a lot of bad information about what they used to do and what you're going to do about that Japanese man.
[1:25] You see, the thing is, the press family isn't interested in that kind of crap.
[1:28] But the folks are interested in the other thing, right?
[1:31] And so, let's see if we can find a new rule, and then we'll talk about it.
[1:38] Sapphire might have some of that.
[1:46] Okay.