Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 471-016
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 1971 at 11:44 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Firestone, Harvey; O'Donnell, Emmett; Bell, George T.; White House photographer
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/471-016

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[0:00] What did you have in mind in the scheduling meeting today?
[0:09] I don't think there ought to be a prolonged meeting at this point.
[0:11] Not at that hour and everything.
[0:12] Yeah, that's right.
[0:23] All right, fine.
[0:36] Well then, we'll have to do it over in the EOD because we're gonna have some choir come through here.
[0:38] So we'll meet over there.
[0:38] I think we're gonna have to do it, right?
[0:39] Yeah, yeah, we will.
[0:40] Well, they're gonna come through the office, see?
[0:41] Yeah.
[0:41] Yeah, fine.
[0:57] How are you?
[0:58] How are you?
[0:58] Good to see you.
[0:58] Good to have you here.
[0:59] I'm sorry to call you by your slow name.
[1:00] It's all right.
[1:00] I'm telling you, you're the old kid.
[1:01] You've got a pretty good show over here.
[1:02] Mr. Iger.
[1:02] Mr. Iger.
[1:02] Mr. Iger.
[1:02] Hi, how are you?
[1:02] How are you?
[1:03] Good to see you.
[1:03] You call it your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your,
[1:05] Ha, ha, ha, it's been patient.
[1:18] I know you're a pouncy guy.
[1:18] I know, that's right.
[1:19] That's really great.
[1:19] You said you'd best pick it up some time.
[1:20] Hey, how about this one?
[1:21] No, I'm going to get out of this thing.
[1:21] Oh, are you?
[1:22] Oh, you'd better.
[1:22] All right, Carl, I can just lean on you.
[1:23] Aren't you good like this?
[1:23] Yeah.
[1:24] Oh, great, great.
[1:24] You got a good one?
[1:25] I don't know, the park's all done up here.
[1:43] But wait, he doesn't need that.
[1:44] Let me just stand right here.
[1:45] That's right.
[1:45] Here we are.
[1:45] I'm not going to shoot.
[1:46] I'm just going to break down and shoot from over that way.
[1:47] Because I don't know.
[1:47] I'm not going to let him save him right there.
[1:48] That's right.
[1:49] You're doing great.
[1:49] Here's a, here's a, here's a, here's a, here's a,
[2:16] Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
[2:34] Yeah, we got that thing.
[2:41] I'll give you a video of it.
[2:42] Yeah, I'll give you one of these.
[2:44] And another signature.
[2:50] Mr. President, it's not that General McDonald was my boss for three years.
[3:07] That was his military game.
[3:13] Well, is that right?
[3:14] I personalize that a little so that these people get that kind of a signature that that's what you get.
[3:16] Oh, yeah.
[3:16] You know, that's 58.
[3:17] Well, you can be the...
[3:19] It was a park.
[3:24] It was a park.
[3:27] Oh, yeah, I forgot about that.
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[3:48] Great.
[3:51] Would you do that again?
[3:53] Right.
[3:53] Do you ever need an inspiration?
[3:58] Yeah, I thought he was great.
[3:59] Marvelous.
[3:59] Yeah, that's a great question.
[4:00] I've watched him go out in the barn.
[4:02] I've heard a lot of people.
[4:03] Apparently you are.
[4:03] Yeah, you know, he's had a little eye.
[4:04] There's kind of everything in that cold.
[4:07] I called him the other day and I told him that
[4:09] Yeah, what a lousy thing.
[4:25] I mean, here's a guy that just goes out in the presence of the Patriots and some of our boys, and so these stickers say they're going to give Bob open awards.
[4:28] I mean, as far as I'm concerned.
[4:29] These people are supposed to be religious Christians.
[4:45] My God, can they express differences of opinion?
[4:50] Can they admire a good man who has given as much to this country as their own?
[5:02] Time, effort, raise money for the Catholics, for the Protestants, for the Jews, for everybody.
[5:06] Three and a half million people involved, Americans and military.
[5:08] Three and a half million Americans.
[5:08] I have a little training for you here.
[5:21] That's the presidential complex that you ought to have.
[5:22] I'm sure you don't have one.
[5:22] You do.
[5:23] I love you, Marshall.
[5:23] I love you.
[5:24] You can't have a complex.
[5:24] We didn't do that.
[5:25] Oh, you're doing well.
[5:45] I'll get the show pretty much.
[5:45] Good.
[5:45] Well, I'm going to take you over here.
[5:46] All right.
[5:46] Thanks a lot.
[5:47] I want to show you that I can handle this too.
[5:47] There you go.
[5:48] You're doing great.
[5:48] This is a document.
[5:49] You're doing great.
[5:49] This is teaching you.
[5:49] Right, right.
[5:50] Thank you so much.
[5:56] How about that?
[6:12] One of those.
[6:15] Oh, and thank you for your second care.
[6:17] We're, you know, we're all here to follow.
[6:19] Thank you.
[6:19] Thank you very much.
[6:19] There.
[6:20] It's all I got now.
[6:20] All right.
[6:20] Thanks.
[6:20] Thank you, Airhouse.
[6:21] It's probably good to see you.
[6:22] We'll look at this picture or the other one.
[6:22] Yeah, we'll look at it.
[6:23] All right, fine.
[6:24] We all look the same.
[6:24] I know.
[6:24] I know.
[6:24] I know.
[6:25] Bye-bye.
[6:25] Bye-bye.
[6:25] Thank you.