Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 426-051
Date: Tuesday, April 10, 1973 at 6:09 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/426-051

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[0:24] Oh.
[0:52] I'm going to invite them to go out and look at the document.
[1:26] No, no, no, no.
[1:39] Let me suggest something.
[1:51] I don't think you can have those colors coming down those stairs.
[1:54] I know the guests don't see them.
[1:59] Some of you will see them when they come down.
[2:05] But the moment that anybody can see them, people should not be cranky.
[2:08] Move it on.
[2:08] I think that you should have the fanfare, rumbles and flourishes, as soon as the colors come into view.
[2:16] And then people will all turn.
[2:18] And once the colors come through, we all walk out.
[2:20] That would be good for the bottom.
[2:22] I don't see how else you're going to be able to do that.
[2:32] What do you have in mind?
[2:33] What do we have, sir?
[2:35] I'm not sure if you've seen it.
[2:36] You mentioned there are four chargers who have been going into the East Room.
[2:40] They're coming down to the basement stairs.
[2:42] They play their fanfare.
[2:44] It's a short pause.
[2:45] That gets everyone's attention.
[2:47] That is the stairs.
[2:48] Then we go with rubbles and flourishes.
[2:50] Where are we all this time?
[2:51] You're up at the first landing.
[2:54] First landing.
[2:54] Oh, they started there?
[2:56] That's what I had in mind.
[2:59] That's what I had in mind today.
[3:02] The way I read it, I had in mind today.
[3:06] I thought that we went clear to the bottom before they did all this, and that wouldn't be right.
[3:13] No, sir.
[3:13] It was difficult for them to describe the line.
[3:15] Well, they all do.
[3:15] I don't need to.
[3:16] I just need to know.
[3:16] Well, it's just anxious for you to know that he's coming.
[3:19] He's going to be a staff member.
[3:30] He's here with his wife tonight as a guest.
[3:38] And from now on, he's going to be a staff member.
[3:42] And he'll be going to the receiving line after tonight.
[3:43] And I told him to take his wife to the receiving line.
[3:44] Yeah.
[3:44] And according to what you told us, we have a list of people who brought up to the Prime Minister after dinner while you were in the receiving line.
[3:47] So, straight back to you.