Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 460-013
Date: Friday, February 26, 1971 at 1:12 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Lias, Thomas L.; Dent, Harry S.; White House photographer
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/460-013
National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417176039 (NAID 417176039)

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[0:00] It's all right.
[0:14] How are you?
[0:36] How are you?
[0:36] Well, I understand you're going to take off, huh?
[0:37] Right.
[0:37] Go up to the Wicked City?
[0:38] You'll enjoy it.
[0:38] It's a great assignment.
[0:38] It's a great assignment.
[0:39] Have you ever studied a kind of human?
[0:48] No, not very much.
[0:48] This is sort of new to me.
[0:48] Fascinating.
[0:49] You'll love it.
[0:49] You'll hate the social part of it.
[0:50] Unless maybe you like to go on trails.
[0:51] Matter of fact, I don't.
[0:52] I feel like I'm so jarred, huh?
[1:05] Yeah, that's right.
[1:06] Well, the main thing is that the social part is tough, but you can go to a lot of those things.
[1:08] It's exciting to go around the snow, people talk, but just eat very little, drink very little, and keep eating.
[1:11] That's my best advice.
[1:12] And listen a lot.
[1:13] Well, you mentioned presidential contracts today.
[1:26] That's all we give to people who give so much of their time and energy to us.
[1:28] And we appreciate it.
[1:28] You'll keep in touch with Harris.
[1:29] We've been trying to get back to the campaign for us.
[1:30] We're all about that.
[1:31] Okay.
[1:31] That's right.
[1:31] Thank you.
[1:31] You can't get rid of politics.
[1:32] No, I don't want to.
[1:32] Yes.
[1:32] Okay.