Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 451 › Conversation 451-006

Nixon & Goode on Italian Prime Minister and White House ceremonies

Thursday, February 18, 1971 · 10:30 AM–10:36 AM ET · Oval Office · 7 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Goode, Mark I.; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation451-006 on Tape 451 (tape position 00:39:55–00:47:20)StartThursday, February 18, 1971 at 10:30 AMEndThursday, February 18, 1971 at 10:36 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 451-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon, First Lady Pat Nixon, and Mark I. Goode met to coordinate the logistics and orchestration for an upcoming welcoming ceremony for the Italian Prime Minister. The discussion focused on scheduling the event and planning a tour of the East Wing, including the display of specific works of art by painters such as Charles Willson Peale, Rembrandt Peale, and Gilbert Stuart. The participants finalized the sequence of the event to ensure proper presentation of these cultural highlights during the state visit.

Italian Prime Minister
White House ceremonies
Pat Nixon
East Wing
Art collection
Diplomatic protocol

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NARA Description

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.

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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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I got it, I got it.

... ... ... ... ... ... ...

I want to keep something up to date, but if we go together, we're going to have to go to the Supreme National Guard.

Then I need you to complete the resetting in the blue room, I'll knock you into the downstairs hallway, and I'm going to bring you to walk over here with the Prime Minister, and I'll have you there before you say anything.

Yeah.

We'll go.

How do you feel for expecting me?

I don't know.

And so, they should go around the river.

The other river's got him, okay.

All right, bud, hold on.

We'll be here, George.

We'll be here.

We'll be here, George.

All right.

Do you have a background in this case?

Yes.

You know, most of the people who are here, you know, you might have had a very hard time getting a apology, not just the eye, but the eye, the head, the apology, but the eye, the throat, everything.

It's a big market we're talking about.

Is this a good idea for your group?

I'm going to just walk you back and forth while I'm talking to the head of the head of the head of the head of the head of the head of the head of the head of the head of the head of the head of the head

I wanted to be born in a little band.

I wanted to be like everyone else.

Also recorded on February 18, 1971

451-001 9:47 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:47 am to 9:52 am.
451-002 9:52 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:52 am and 9:56 am.
451-003 9:52 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:52 am and 9:56 am.
451-004 9:56 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, William L. Safire, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:56 am to 10:09 am.
451-005 10:12 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:12 am to 10:30 am.
451-007 11:13 AM · 1 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Emilio Colombo, Neil A. Seidenman, and A. Jose De Seabra met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:13 am to 12:22 pm.
451-025 12:22 PM · 2 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:22 pm and 1:09 pm.
451-008 12:40 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:09 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 451-006, February 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/451-006 (accessed November 2, 2026).