Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 348-009
Date: Wednesday, July 19, 1972 at 2:41 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Calhoon, Jesse M.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/348-009

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:05] Hello.
[0:06] Well, my call has only one purpose.
[0:12] I just got back from California, and I wasn't aware of what's been happening.
[0:22] I wanted to thank you for your very kind words on Saturday and tell you that I hope we can be worthy of the support of you and your people.
[0:24] And, you know, those stories, you know, I mean,
[0:28] to the right thing for the country, and we trust you to live up to what you believe in yourself.
[0:50] All right.
[0:51] Well, we hope to do even more the next four years.
[0:52] All right.
[0:52] I hope everything goes well.
[0:52] And like I said, yours was, I'm trying to remember, close to the end.
[0:54] I think it was one of your first statements that came out.
[0:57] Now let's get all those boats built.
[1:19] Get them manned and get going.
[1:21] More jobs.
[1:21] Got it just this minute.
[1:22] Johnny was good.
[1:25] What do you think it is?
[1:36] Give me your appraisal, because I'm not quite familiar with that.
[1:44] I thought it was for very, I thought it was a plus, because they didn't endorse the other policy, because they haven't done that for a long time.
[1:48] So how do you appraise it?
[1:49] Really?
[1:49] In other words, they just were nice by not going for the other one, or they leave their international presence free, and their union's free, because basically they'll work for Congress, and some of them may even
[1:55] We'll get some of those .
[2:20] Right, good.
[2:21] Oh, you might get .
[2:21] Really?
[2:21] Good.
[2:21] Great, great, great.
[2:22] Oh, I didn't know that.
[2:22] Yeah, that's good.
[2:23] Yeah, that's great.
[2:23] So the International Scholars, well, that's really good news.
[2:25] What, in your view, is the reason they can't take this?
[2:36] Why it might not be paid better?
[2:37] They really don't have defense, do they?
[2:44] They're just tied to it.
[2:45] And what?
[2:46] Lifestyle.
[2:46] Aha.
[2:46] They just don't like the people around them.
[2:50] Right?
[2:53] Social and moral rights, right?
[2:54] All the groups.
[2:54] Well, anyway, we just...
[2:55] I'm all straight forward and we'll look forward to see if we can get .
[3:12] Okay, bye.