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Conversation 304-015

TapeTape 304StartMonday, October 25, 1971 at 3:29 PMEndMonday, October 25, 1971 at 3:30 PMTape start time00:45:57Tape end time00:47:13ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Buchanan, Patrick J.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan discuss the political implications of recent Supreme Court developments and their reception by the press. Nixon emphasizes that despite media distractions and criticism, the administration's conservative base should be satisfied with the current judicial trajectory. The brief exchange highlights the President's frustration with media coverage and his strategic focus on maintaining conservative support.

Supreme CourtPress relationsConservatismPolitical strategyMedia coverage
AudioNARA Description

On October 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:29 pm to 3:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 304-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 304-15

Date: October 25, 1971
Time: 3:29 pm 3:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See Conversation No. 12-119]
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Hello?
Well, I think your conservatives ought to feel pretty good about the court now.
Yeah.
They, uh, uh, you know, we've, uh, despite all the others, they're star-crazed by some of the, the, the press and everything around them that just, just amuses the hell out of me.
The country doesn't even know about that.
They don't care about the, the health department, do they?
But the press craft themselves on that, isn't it?
Well, we can't just let the American Serbians do this.
There's good marks on this, you know.
What are you going to do with your own?
What are you going to do with what we're related to?
This is the major thing, not the biggest thing we could do.
And also, this is just one that they've given the crew.
You know, we didn't do something.
But they'll never be.
Never, never, never.
Okay.
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