Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 279-043
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1971 at 6:49 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-043

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative.

[0:03] Ron, I wonder what you were, I was thinking I should have checked this with you earlier, with regard to that angel, and that's a damn good story to do.
[0:15] Yeah, but I was thinking if you might go over the bench and call Gene Autry and, I don't know.
[0:29] Yeah, but anyway.
[0:30] But that's a hell of a story for California.
[0:31] And of course, as you're out there, you know, with Nixon, now he becomes an angel man.
[0:41] Now, don't tell me that's moving from here.
[0:43] That won't do it.
[0:44] We've got to do it ourselves, you know, feed it out.
[0:48] And Reynolds, Reynolds, Reynolds.
[0:50] I mean, Bob Hicks loves to do these things.
[0:53] Let me call Reynolds and Autry and have them build it up.
[0:58] The president has become an angel man.
[1:00] He's going to come revolving the angels in the angels.
[1:11] Does it move?
[1:12] It's important for them to understand because in a very real sense of historical significance, here the president for 71 years has thrown off the ball in the Washington ballpark.
[1:23] It's not going to happen next time.
[1:26] And I'm not going to let him have it.
[1:28] But I will throw out the ball whenever the president should in his home ballpark.
[1:31] And mine is going to be Angel Stadium.
[1:35] And I think that's what you get.
[1:37] If you tell the board this, then what are we going to do?
[1:44] All right.
[1:44] All right.
[1:45] But I think that if you let Bob get on this, that you're still going to have it out there.
[1:48] OK.