Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 489 › Conversation 489-007

Nixon, Frazier & Griffin on White House ceremonial events

Monday, April 26, 1971 · 12:17 PM–12:24 PM ET · Oval Office · 8 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Frazier, Cathy ("Mim"); Frazier, James; Frazier, James (Mrs.); Frazier, Paul; Griffin, Robert P.; Laro, David; Brewer, Ann; Nidecker, John C.; Andrews, John K., Jr.; White House photographerConversation489-007 on Tape 489 (tape position 00:21:30–00:30:25)StartMonday, April 26, 1971 at 12:17 PMEndMonday, April 26, 1971 at 12:24 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 489-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Cathy “Mim” Frazier, a young constituent from Michigan serving as a poster child, alongside her family, Senator Robert P. Griffin, and David Laro. The meeting served as a ceremonial event involving a photo session, a presentation of White House gifts, and an autograph signing. The brief interaction concluded with logistical arrangements for the guests to receive a tour of the White House and informal discussion regarding upcoming reelection efforts.

  • White House ceremonial events
  • Constituent relations
  • Robert P. Griffin
  • Youth engagement
  • Presidential autograph
  • Michigan politics

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Yes, ma'am.
I'm over here, and I'd like to present, uh, Mr. Carrasco, and his brothers, Ray and I, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers, and his brothers,
We're so glad to have you, not only as the poster child, but as the commissioner.
She was one of the senators of this division.
There was only one sister down there.
Her name was Mary.
Yes, yes, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her, her,
There you are.
There you are.
Yeah, yeah.
There you are.
Thank you.
The color is not at all.
I don't see a very small cup.
I don't see a very small cup.
Hold that for a second.
Hold that for a second.
Oh.
Now we're going to try first the man, and then you'll have just the man for picking on you.
Let's see, you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and
Now, one more about the oxygen percentage.
Senator, we'll get on to this stuff.
I said these up quite long ago.
Now, Mr. Afton, this is a therapy.
You'll see that these are going to get to confidence, so you can have them.
Thank you, Mr. President.
You have to begin with the front entrance seat.
You know, you see the ceiling.
And here's the porch.
That's a great one.
It's a famous market in this room.
This is the...
Here we are for tomorrow.
Thank you.
Now to the man who did the cook-outs.
Do you want some coffee?
Do you have some food?
And this is the view master.
This is the something in our space area.
Take this and look up and see what other people see in space.
This is a family of people.
Just each other.
But I give that to you.
You're going to take us on a tour, aren't you?
A tour of the White House.
You've got a tour of the White House.
Sea games.
I understand that the negative was done for a member of your family and they sort of snuck it out for other purposes.
But if I can impose on you, maybe to autograph it.
I think that's better.
Maybe right across.
No.
I'm going to be pretty good at this thing.
I'll write it in this turn.
Okay.
It's your name now, David.
David.
Letter O-L-A-R-O.
I'm the chairman of the Republican Party.
Thank you.
This is the best, but it's as good as we can do.
And you know, the right thing to do, if you try that, it won't stick.
It's good to have a young chairman like this fellow.
Remember, this fellow's going to be re-elected.
Give it a little bit.
That's all I have to tell you.
Thank you.
There you go, Kathy.
Thank you.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Thank you very much.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.

NARA Description

On April 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Cathy ("Mim") Frazier, James Frazier, Mrs. James Frazier, Paul Frazier, Robert P. Griffin, David Laro, Ann Brewer, John C. Nidecker, John K. Andrews, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:24 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 489-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 489-7

Date: April 26, 1971
Time: 12:17 pm - 12:24 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Cathy ("Mim") Frazier, Mr. & Mrs. James Frazier, Paul Frazier, Robert
P. Griffin, David Laro, Ann Brewer, John C. Nidecker, and John K. Andrews, Jr.; the White
House photographer and members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting.

     Introductions
           -Poster child

          -Michigan
               -Joe Butts (sp?)

     [General conversation]

     Photo session

     [Camera noise]

     Photo session
          -Grouping
          -Atkins

     Presentation of gifts
          -Seal
          -Cufflinks
          -Viewmaster

     White House tour

     President's autograph
          -Signature
          -Laro

     President's schedule

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 05/21/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[498-007-w001]
[Duration: 1m 7s]

     The President’s schedule
          -Possible meeting with unknown Republican official
          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
          -Chairman
               -Youth
               -Unknown person’s reelection

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Cathy Frazier, et al., left at 12:24 pm.

Also recorded on April 26, 1971

  • 489-003 11:05 AM · 42 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:05 am and 11:52 am.
  • 489-004 11:46 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:46 am and 11:52 am.
  • 489-005 11:46 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:46 am and 12:57 pm.
  • 489-006 12:07 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 489-008 12:26 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Howard H. Baker, Jr., LaMar Baker, Gordon Wetmore, Bemjamin L. Longley, Paul V. Nolan, Paul L. Johnson, John C. Nidecker, John K. Andrews, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 12:33 pm.
  • 489-009 12:33 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:33 pm.
  • 489-010 12:44 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 489-011 1:00 PM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 489-007, April 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/489-007 (accessed October 12, 2026).