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Conversation 495-004

TapeTape 495StartFriday, May 7, 1971 at 10:46 AMEndFriday, May 7, 1971 at 10:49 AMTape start time00:03:50Tape end time00:06:08ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Green, EdithRecording deviceOval Office
AI Summary

President Nixon met with Representative Edith Green to express his gratitude for her courageous public defense of the administration's policies. The conversation focused on the necessity of maintaining order in Washington, D.C., with Nixon specifically praising the restraint and firmness displayed by police during recent civil unrest. Nixon acknowledged that his agenda relied on bipartisan support and commended Green for her willingness to break with her party on these contentious issues.

Bipartisan supportCivil unrestLaw and orderEdith GreenPolice conduct
AudioNARA Description

On May 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Edith Green met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:46 am to 10:49 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 495-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 495-4

Date: May 7, 1971
Time: 10:46 am - 10:49 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Edith Green
[See Conversation No. 2-116]
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Yeah.
Yeah.
Hello.
Good morning.
I just want you to know that I thought it would be my new summary that you had stood up on the floor and said some things about some of our little friends over here, and I thought it took a lot of courage, and I want to thank you very much.
Yeah.
I've come along, and let me say that I was talking to some of our
I said, you know, some of you are taking a lot of heat now, but I think you're going to look better later.
That's all.
You know, we're just trying to do the right thing.
Well, I appreciate it, and I know that, you know,
We, of course, we try to keep this on a partisan arena, frankly, without the support of any of our Democrats.
We couldn't do it at all.
But I do appreciate it.
I think that these, that our police people and the rest, they had to, they had to, they had to, of course, keep the city going.
But I agree with you on that.
Because if you slant people, they deserve some commendation for being, you know, they had restraint, and yet they were firm.
Don't you think so?
Yeah.
Sure.
I appreciate it.
Well, I won't... We will call back.
We won't make it happen.
That's true.
But I tell you...
Sure.
Oh, more than some of ours from the other side.
Well, have a good time out there.
Good.
I hope I didn't interrupt you.
It's like I'm standing in friendship.
Okay, thank you.
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