On May 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Samuel M. Cohn, Mrs. Samuel M. Cohn, U. Alexis Johnson, Edward F. Knipling, Mrs. Edward F. Knipling, Fred Leonard, Mrs. Fred Leonard, Mrs. George H. Willis, George H. Willis, Robert E. Hampton, John B. Connally, Clifford M. Hardin, George P. Shultz, and Frederic V. Malek met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:11 pm to 12:23 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 491-030 of the White House Tapes.
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What we're going to do, if I can get everyone to the side of this.
And so I will continue to .
Excuse me, sir, if I can have your attention, what we're going to do is present here in the press a black story in groups.
I've got Mr. and Mrs. Scone and Mr. Schultz in the first group.
And is Dr. Mrs. .
Is that the .
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That's all right.
Then what we'll do, the president will be in just a moment.
And we want to hear your name and you and your wife.
And most of all, the president will present the medal in brief recitation.
And then Colonel Coffey will direct you over to the flags here.
At the very conclusion, we'd like to have the press be given the opportunity to take a group photograph as well as an individual presentation.
So that's almost clear.
Thank you.
That was the President of the Republic.
Thank you, Senator.
Thank you, Senator.
Thank you, Senator.
I appreciate my assistance in taking over the federal budget.
I understand that there's a loss of energy.
The institution is bringing debt to the area and helping make the federal budget a better device for the regulation of problems and problems in the country.
The authority and knowledge of the Secretary of State is with me.
I have an interest in developing improvement and administration of the federal budget process.
This is the second time we're going to be doing this in 12-19 minutes.
It's going to take very few of us to master it.
This award is to Secretary Johnson, career master, and, of course, the high attorney of the president.
He has provided an extraordinary diplomatical role on the scene in moments of world crisis and has negotiated people with the necessary measures to the world.
The police, because they don't have, they don't have U.S. service, they don't have U.S. service, they don't have U.S. service, they don't have U.S. service.
I'm still working on it.
Thank you very much.
I'm very happy for you.
Thank you.
And then I'm researching a model.
It's made of native spray sprues and the evidence is monitored.
It can be used to bury crops, rodents, and adjust food to help slow burrowing.
It is used to carry a child or baby, burrow it in a new decade's water, and allow it to go and settle in a vault.
It's a promise reduction to the environment of the family, food and health, food supply, and the needs of our family.
It's a lot of things to say to the children.
to deal with agriculture in one area or another.
No question about that.
I don't know if we're going to be able to sign anything like that.
You know, this could have been possible without the dedicated careers that we have at the federal level and the state level throughout.
And in order to do that, we need to be able to work and be comfortable with the aid that we can get.
What a big time for us.
Dr. Fred Lundin.
The world-renowned medical research devices are here to develop the advanced technology of medical materials and other techniques.
Devices which have served greatly well with the American soldiers and given them a new hope in the future.
We can pray for the leadership and outstanding ability of the people to use their time and effort to identify and understand the successful, effective, and interdisciplinary medical research efforts which have contributed significantly from the problem to the progress and passage of the health of all mankind.
And to you, and prosperity, and also to many of you, I want to express our appreciation.
All of those are hundreds of thousands of ways to be able to do this.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Now we have George H. Lewis.
Mr. Wilson, your name is recognized in the national statement.
This statement is a parallel contribution to one of the most important states in the United States, where it is stated that the creative movement of the United States is a very special part of the United States.
The strength of the international monetary system is increasing in the interdependent world.
In recent contribution, the line matches a career of responsible representation in the United States of America for every major development.
That's about it.
And like I said, it took me 106, 15 years, and I don't care what you're up to.
You're up to life here.
You need to prove your worth.
You're up to me.
I don't care what I'm up to.
We want to make it real personal.
We want to make it real personal.
We want to make it real personal.
We want to make it real personal.
We want to make it real personal.
Yes, well, the room is nice today.
I think the carpet, you see, the rough carpets always have reflected the
The seal of the floor, which you see, reflects upon the ceiling.
Usually it's been whitened.
This is a better picture.
We always go over there, one of the state gifts, so we don't go to the lawless flights.
Even that is from Korea.
It's a 16th century heirloom of some sort.
Do you spend a lot of time in this office?
Yes, yes, I spend a lot of time.
All foreign locations are down here, but we have another office across the street with a lot of other workers.
Oh, well, somebody wanted to put seals in the chairs and put a lot of that shit in there.
They didn't like the flag.
They just stepped on the lot and that's what she did.
Had them squealed, yeah.
Eagles.
Well, thank you very much.
I wish you the best.
Is this a breast picture?
The man has hooks on both hands.