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Nixon & Goode on Italian Prime Minister and White House ceremonies

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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Goode, Mark I.;  Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation451-006 onTape 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.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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39:57Yeah, I know.
40:25Tower, can you hear us?
40:26Arthur, 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?
40:33Now, 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.
40:39The, uh, handheld CDS camera will be moving around, following the activity of being in color, and it's going to be good.
40:50Come on, you suck at that.
40:52We're going to go together.
40:53We're going to go back.
40:54We're going to go back.
40:58We're going to go back.
41:00We'll go.
41:11How do you feel about that?
41:14We've walked out.
41:15How do you feel about that?
41:16How do you feel about that?
41:38Okay.
41:39All right, hold on.
41:39Who is this here, George?
41:40Who's this guy?
41:42Who's this guy?
41:43All right.
42:02Do you have a better idea of what happens next?
42:04That's just, you know, all the world's just people's lives.
42:07You know, if you find that every hour, then it follows you.
42:09Not just the eye, the eye, the head.
42:11It follows you right out of the throat.
42:13Every day.
42:13It's a big warning for what's coming up.
42:17Is this too early for you to prove?
42:22I'm wondering if he's walking back and forth or what.
42:29I don't know.
42:31I don't know.
42:33I don't know.
42:36I don't know.
42:44I don't know.
42:45I don't want to be boring.
42:49I don't want to be annoying.
43:02I don't want to be annoying.
43:04I don't want to be annoying.
43:05I don't want to be annoying.

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.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

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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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 September 18, 2026).