Conversation 451-006

TapeTape 451StartThursday, February 18, 1971 at 10:30 AMEndThursday, February 18, 1971 at 10:36 AMTape start time00:39:55Tape end time00:47:20ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Goode, Mark I.;  Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Recording deviceOval Office

On February 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Mark I. Goode, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:30 am to 10:36 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 451-006 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 451-6

Date: February 18, 1971
Time: 10:30 am - 10:36 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Mark I. Goode and Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon

     Welcoming ceremony for Italian Prime Minister
         -Schedule
              -Orchestration
         -White House tour
              -East Wing
         -Works of art
              -Charles Willson Peale
              -Rembrandt Peale
              -George Washington
              -Gilbert Stuart

The President, et al. left at 10:36 am

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Yeah, I know.
Tower, can you hear us?
Arthur, after the, uh, after you've, uh, been raised from the top of the mountain, will you be able to bring your own hands to the three-centimeter from there?
Now, while you're on the flight, I want you to just feel the atmosphere in the air as you place it directly in front of you as you face the mountain.
The, uh, handheld CDS camera will be moving around, following the activity of being in color, and it's going to be good.
Come on, you suck at that.
We're going to go together.
We're going to go back.
We're going to go back.
We're going to go back.
We'll go.
How do you feel about that?
We've walked out.
How do you feel about that?
How do you feel about that?
Okay.
All right, hold on.
Who is this here, George?
Who's this guy?
Who's this guy?
All right.
Do you have a better idea of what happens next?
That's just, you know, all the world's just people's lives.
You know, if you find that every hour, then it follows you.
Not just the eye, the eye, the head.
It follows you right out of the throat.
Every day.
It's a big warning for what's coming up.
Is this too early for you to prove?
I'm wondering if he's walking back and forth or what.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't want to be boring.
I don't want to be annoying.
I don't want to be annoying.
I don't want to be annoying.
I don't want to be annoying.