Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 491-029
Date: Wednesday, May 5, 1971 at 12:08 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/491-029

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[0:02] Mr. President, in order to keep this from getting too much, would you like to just bring some people in, five or so, in terms of war, and just pre-position them, like the press just pre-positioned their photograph, and...
[0:18] You step out of the room, sir, and then you just come in.
[0:36] We'll just announce the name of the person, such as Mr. Samuel Cohn.
[0:37] He is Samuel Cohn and his wife.
[0:38] And in the case of three of the individual that the department had, Cohn will have to show us his name.
[0:40] Mr. Cohn, move up here.
[0:40] No, I stand here.
[0:41] Oh, do I have your autograph?
[0:41] Yes, sir.
[0:41] And we'll just present it to you.
[0:43] And then after you presented each of the awards, the president took a cool photograph in front of you and said something.
[1:04] Just a photograph.
[1:04] And he said, why can't I believe you?
[1:05] And I said, excuse me?
[1:05] And he said, does the president say any hard, innocent words?
[1:07] And he said, no.
[1:08] All right.
[1:24] If you'd like to leave this room, just leave it right here.
[1:25] If you want to use it, you can try that.