Conversation 398-009

TapeTape 398StartFriday, January 19, 1973 at 5:24 PMEndFriday, January 19, 1973 at 5:55 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Price, Raymond K., Jr.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building

On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:24 pm to 5:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 398-009 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 398-9

Date: January 19, 1973
Time: 5:24 pm - 5:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

       President's Inaugural speech
             -Wording
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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                                                               Conversation No. 398-9 (cont’d)

                    -Central questions reference
                    -Re-reading
                    -World War II
                    -US role in world
                           -Changes since 1969
                           -New policies
                           -Vietnam settlement
                    -Paragraph on page 3
                    -Henry A. Kissinger's review
                    -“Peace with honor” reference
                           -Soviet Union
                           -People’s Republic of China [PRC]
                           -Vietnam
                    -Hallowed reference
                    -Salutation
              -Rose Mary Woods
                    -Final text
              -Revisions
                    -Improvements
                    -Conclusion
              -Woods
              -President's final review
                    -President's schedule
              -Delivery

       Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo

       Other Inaugural speeches
            -Franklin D. Roosevelt
            -Ulysses S. Grant
            -Roosevelt
            -Grover Cleveland
            -President’s experience
                  -Vice President
            -Roosevelt
            -Miami Dolphins Super Bowl team
            -1961 Inauguration

Price left at 5:55 pm.
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Well, we ran over a lot of them.
What number was it?
The last guy.
Oh, look at this.
And all the way up to the other side.
And all the way up to the other side.
And all the way up to the other side.
And all the way up to the other side.
And all the way up to the other side.
And all the way up to the other side.
This is the one I mentioned.
It's making a lot of noise.
I wonder if, in terms of rhetoric, just as we get done on the brief response, the central question before us is, how shall we do something?
So, Dan, how shall we do something?
We can't do that right now yet.
I wonder, just reading this now, the nature of our world will be different.
Whether we're, say, different from what we were in the past, or whether we, I suppose, say, think we're alert to what's going on.
Maybe it's no problem.
We don't need to do this.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
When you say we'll be there, I think it may be stated, by God, it's different from what we're changing from what we're doing now.
And that is what the race has in general.
What that's going to be.
The nature of our role.
That is the... Well, it hasn't been changed, but the nature of our role.
I should say this, but since 1969, we have changed the nature of our world.
The fact of the matter is, since 1969, but in the years since 1969, we have changed.
Why don't you say this, goodbye.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
But let us clearly understand how the nature of the matter of the world must change for the betterment of mankind.
That's true.
But let us clearly understand how the nature of the matter of the world
But let us clearly understand the nature of the land as well.
As a result of the new policies we have initiated over the past four years.
I think that's what I said.
How does that fit into the nature of what's left of it?
Uh, we've lost it over the last four years and things like that.
What doesn't track, even with that, is that we show respect, we show support.
That's what I want to say.
That's what I want to track.
No, we can't be this way about this.
I think it does it fairly closely, but let us let it clearly understand.
as a result of the policies we've adopted.
I'd like to say to the policies, too, as a result of the policies we've adopted in the federal courts, as a result of the policies, which is better to say the nature of or to make sure of which is better.
That's right.
But let us clearly understand the new nature of American rules.
And American rules in the world as a result of the new policies that have been adopted for the past four years.
That's what I said.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
All right.
The new nature of American law as a result of the policy we've adopted in the past four years, that means well, sounds good.
Let's leave it at that.
We should respect that.
That makes the point better, she was saying, to make sure it will be different.
In fact, that's a little dangerous.
The other thing is to find out whether or not we're going to fly in that direction.
And so we need to make sure we're going to go through the right policies and the right investments.
Uh, I don't, uh...
I wonder if you need ready-to-meet reading on page three, last paragraph of the Word of God.
Why don't you say it?
Together with the rest of the class, we're going to start to do another facility expansion project.
Together with the rest of the class, we're going to start to do another facility expansion project.
Together with the rest of the class, we're going to start to do another facility expansion project.
You run by Henry this breakthrough month.
The one problem I've decorated the top of page nine is whether we claim too much or too little.
Why don't we say we can be proud that by our actions and by our steadfastness, at least for now, we have made a great difference.
And I say truly, that's what I'm doing.
I'm forward.
You see, what I'm trying to do is to tie in the Russian between Moscow and the King, as well as the Vietnam.
How's that, Chuck?
I think that cleans it up.
Well, it's working accordingly with Russia.
You know what I mean?
With Russia, it's not as bad as it's going to be.
I said, by our boldness and by our steadfastness, peace will come.
We made a break.
We made a move.
We made a move.
We made a move.
We made a move.
And by the way, that's what it was for a while.
All right.
That's very good.
And the way you've got that, watch that.
That was the one that you're going to move out.
Just like that.
Just like that.
It's a better word than Halloween.
Halloween.
Halloween.
Halloween.
Halloween.
Halloween.
Halloween.
Halloween.
I don't know.
It's a pretty good counteraction to those specifications.
And those two paragraphs are the ones in my copy.
The rest goes up to the press.
And off to Central Subdivision.
Central Subdivision?
Subdivision and those two paragraphs are kept away from them and put in my text.
I have Rose run my text and give her that.
I think you've made a very important change in the life of a child, but you're going to go to the problem by our boldness and by our steadfastness.
All right.
All right.
All right.
I think it's better the way it is here.
It's much better.
All right.
It's much better.
I think at the end if you got down it was a little hard off, but I think it was pretty good.
You know, we asked for comparison, so it wasn't a little bit down.
It was a little down, but it was a really good moment.
How can I let you?
Is that Gary Vee?
I think we're on the right way.
I don't know if he's still there.
Okay, we're good.
We're done.
We've got five minutes.
Okay.
Well, she's got it right now.
She's got all the facts right now.
Where are you going?
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
That's a proposal to come in.
I don't see a webinar for it.
What?
I don't see a webinar for it.
There's no problem.
That speech has done all that.
It's done really well.
That's easy.
You want to get one other?
Frankly.
Was he?
I don't know.
He was inaugurated almost 40 times.
He was inaugurated.
Well, nobody knows him.
But actually, participating, being inaugurated, I've been inaugurated twice as much for him.
Yeah.
Before, being there as an outland vice president.
Well, of course, that's as old as Roosevelt.
He did not participate in an outland president.
Nobody has participated in five or something like that.
It's true.
But that wasn't in Canada, was it?
Yeah, Roosevelt was populated four times, so I didn't operate.
I wouldn't have operated four times.
I was just here once.
That's my question.
I don't think anybody played back when I was in Miami at the Super Bowl.
17 wins, but I don't know if somebody ever really gave it to me.
They said to me, you'll write your next letter.
They said to me, you're going to write your next letter?
That's right.
We'll add that.
Yeah.
Fine.
Thank you a lot.