Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 280-011
Date: Thursday, September 23, 1971 at 11:16 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/280-011

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[0:01] I was just checking the... Did you find out whether Artie was or was not invited to the Japanese Academy Center?
[0:11] He was not.
[0:12] And it rained on my body.
[0:17] Yeah.
[0:17] I should have been.
[0:24] I should have.
[0:27] Yeah.
[0:36] Well, my point is that, yeah, my point is that I think you would have come to that.
[0:44] We do go, how would you handle it?
[0:46] You just say that the president, well, the president would have asked you, how would you put it, don't say that, and say, well, what, did I ever have another engagement?
[0:53] Where was he?
[0:53] And then you check, and you found that it was solely, you can put it on the State Department.
[1:00] You understand?
[1:00] It's on the State, made up the list.
[1:05] for us because we had set it up at a late time and they submitted a list and we'd go on.
[1:10] They were putting the opposite numbers on that.
[1:12] And the state says that it's true.
[1:15] They're telling the president to re-rate for all the states.
[1:21] We're not including our group, but even though they didn't have their opposite number there.
[1:25] I do that because we need to, he needs to know, he'll undoubtedly think that the White House can be modeled.
[1:32] You see, and that will make the part that I already know about, the state made up the list, and that I had asked about her, and she finally got to the bottom of the mystery, and it wasn't the White House staff.
[1:41] We had nothing to do with the list.
[1:43] We didn't have a job to attend to.
[1:44] We had to do the work.
[1:46] The state made up the whole list, and it was up to them to invite you.
[1:50] And when you braced them on it, they said, well, we only have...
[1:54] opposite numbers of each one of these, of their people.
[2:04] And in the picture you should say, you should let us know, aren't you?
[2:11] We're not aware of it, but I'm trying to let you know.
[2:18] Okay, fine.
[2:19] And whatever he makes it would be advisable for him to go and have one of these dinners that we have before our conference.
[2:27] I'll just have to give you a call when you put it that way.
[2:30] Okay, it would be very good there to go ahead and do what you want.
[2:35] Good.
[2:36] Anything else?
[2:36] Good.
[2:42] Good.
[2:45] Cabinet meeting at nine.
[2:48] Okay.
[2:49] Bye.