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Nixon, Brickley & Kull on Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and St. Patrick's Day

Tuesday, March 16, 1971 · 12:25 PM–12:30 PM ET · Oval Office · 7 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Brickley, William; Kull, John; Cashen, Henry C., II; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation468-011 on Tape 468 (tape position 02:34:14–02:42:04)StartTuesday, March 16, 1971 at 12:25 PMEndTuesday, March 16, 1971 at 12:30 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 468-011 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417176197 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with representatives of the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick to discuss the organization's upcoming 200th anniversary and coordinate plans for his participation in their festivities. The discussion included preparations for the President’s St. Patrick's Day appearance, the distribution of commemorative presidential gifts, and brief logistical planning regarding his schedule. The participants also shared personal anecdotes and remembrances of notable figures, including the late Whitney M. Young, Jr.

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NARA Description

On March 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, William Brickley, John Kull, Henry C. Cashen, II, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 468-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 468-11

Date: March 16, 1971
Time: 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with William Brickley, John Kull, and Henry C. Cashen, II; members of the
press were present at the beginning of the meeting

     Introductions

     Anniversary of Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick
          -Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
          -Medal for President
               -Bicentennial of organization

     President’s clothing, March 17, 1971
          -Color
          -A presentation

     An unknown man

     Presidential gifts
           -Cufflinks
           -Gifts for wives
           -Secretaries
           -Cufflinks

Unknown women entered at an unknown time after 12:25 pm

     Appreciation for gift

     Gifts for wives

     President’s schedule, March 17, 1971
          -Whitney M. Young, Jr. funeral
          -John M. (“Jack”) Lynch

     Mrs. Nixon’s previous trip to Ireland

Brickley, et al. left at 12:30 pm

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Right off, we got the big job up here.
200th anniversary.
Thank you, sir.
Okay, I'm going to go ahead and start the program.
I'm dedicating the Vice-Chancellor of the County of San Francisco, Mr. Nixon, and the Director of the Senate, and one of the county members, Mr. Stein.
Mr. Stein is from Philadelphia, 1771.
And this is the impression that we made when we had Mr. Nixon signing the Code of Elections and Senators.
Roll six, you have to be settled.
So great advice, you can't go for seven, seven, seven, seven.
You know, we've been staring at you for eight, nine, ten years.
What about that?
Mr. President, are you going to be wearing a green world?
I better find something.
I think the Prime Minister is going to present to you with something for our committee.
Thank you, Mr. President.
That's where I see it.
I'm not ready for that.
I'm not ready for that.
I'm not ready for that.
I'm not ready for that.
I'm not ready for that.
He was a wonderful man.
You know him.
He was the chairman of our...
I remember seeing him so often in California.
He was a nice man.
He was a nice man.
He was a nice man.
He was a nice man.
He was a nice man.
He was a nice man.
Thank you for using it.
I think you want to have a customer.
Let me see a little.
Let me see a little.
Oh, he did?
Well, he gets it.
I'm supposed to be here in a couple hours, too.
I've got to mark it off.
Until you win this group tournament.
I don't think we get any more.
Thank you.
We're going to have to deal with the other teachers since I'm having the last few years.
I should have been running and being radioed in my bed.
Well, I guess that would present some laws.
This is amazing.
I'm having to cross here.
Jesus, we hate you.
when I think she coached you to have a center again.
Well, they did a center.
She was trying to get you out of it.
It wasn't.
It wasn't.
That's correct.
Yeah, right.
I remember now.
She was waiting for us.
I saw your program on today.
I said, God, there's something I can't do twice in the morning.
That's all she said.
At least I could be back.
It was the other person.
I mean, that's that reason.
Good, that was a nice recording of the president of the Harvard University.
All right, you see, I just said my history, I thought you ought to bring it in.
I've got a little gift for you.
Oh, thank you very much.
That's good.
Oh, thank you so much.
Let me get something for their watch.
Tomorrow night, I have to go tomorrow, too, and come down to the bus in Kentucky with the guns, burial, and lying down there.
And then tomorrow night, I'll be right back.
and be sure you have some Irish for the Prime Minister.
Because you know they have two competing brands, his brother's a planet, his father's a cat, I don't know.
But if you hear the other one there too, you know it's just a mix.
I mean, you know what I mean.
Thank you very much.

Also recorded on March 16, 1971

  • 468-007 10:02 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:02 am to 10:31 am.
  • 468-008 10:31 AM · 22 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:31 am and 11:00 am.
  • 468-009 11:00 AM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John M. ("Jack") Lynch, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:00 am to 12:20 pm.
  • 468-010 12:20 PM · 50 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:25 pm.
  • 468-012 12:35 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Jack McCarthy, Henry C. Cashen, II, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 12:42 pm.
  • 468-013 12:45 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 1:15 pm.
  • 468-014 1:15 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 468-015 2:23 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, John B. Connally, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:23 pm and 3:06 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 468-011, March 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417176197). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/468-011 (accessed October 31, 2026).