Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 495-008
Date: Friday, May 7, 1971 at 10:55 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/495-008

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[0:00] Mr. President, I have a thought for you tonight.
[0:11] The Santa Claus bridge is considerably different from all the Santa Claus bridges around the center.
[0:19] Yeah, let's get out of here.
[0:20] Now, if you really want to get out of here, either have me sign up a little earlier, or even not shake hands, or we want to go ahead and have a separate receiving line.
[0:24] Do not leave until we arrive here tonight.
[0:25] Oh, no.
[0:25] I don't want to shake hands.
[0:26] I don't like it when you shake hands with me.
[0:29] There we go.
[0:29] Next one.
[0:30] I don't want to have the conversations with these agriculture people in the legacy.
[0:39] There's a lot of people around here, but I'm going to do what I need to do.
[0:44] I guess that's as good as I can have them come.
[0:46] While the agriculture people, we go in there, have a coffee, we'll stay for five minutes and go out, just the two of us on that boat, and greet them as they come in.
[0:55] And then they go ahead and sit down.
[0:58] But we greet them as they come in.
[0:59] Turn it off.