Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 499-006
Date: Friday, May 14, 1971 at 9:55 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; McCowan, John; Atkins, Oliver F. ("Ollie")
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/499-006

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[0:00] President, Mr. John McAllister.
[0:15] Yes, how do you do?
[0:18] How do you do, Mr. McAllister?
[0:19] Well, I want to welcome you to the bottom there.
[0:21] Yes, I am.
[0:21] Tonight was a good debate.
[0:22] Well, thank you very much.
[0:22] Have you had a good trip?
[0:23] Yes, I have.
[0:23] It was a good one, yes.
[0:24] I'd like you to take that, so we'll get you that.
[0:37] The President will thank you on that.
[0:42] Oh, Michael, thank you very much.
[0:43] You made it there.
[0:45] Take this to the post.
[0:46] What is this?
[0:46] The author might sign that, sir, because I think it's a nice sign.
[0:48] I'll see you there.
[0:48] Sure.
[0:48] He said he'd sign it.
[0:49] I've got a letter for you.
[0:57] I'll give you one of the pens, the pen I sent you.
[1:18] That's the official pen we use to sign documents.
[1:19] It's a box.
[1:19] And also I want you to prove something else.
[1:24] These are the terminals of the complex.
[1:26] You see the seal that's present on it there in the floor.
[1:34] Here it is on this.
[1:35] You've got to have a memo after all.
[1:36] No, we're just going to take it back to England.
[1:37] All right.
[1:37] There's your pen.
[1:40] And there.
[1:41] So we could, I've got to take off in a few weeks to go to Florida today, but Mrs. Nixon, I understand, won't see you this Saturday.
[1:58] No, she's working.
[1:58] She's all your life.
[1:59] I do appreciate your friendship through the years, everything.
[2:00] After all this, having heard from you, it's good to have you here.
[2:05] I'm sorry you can't vote over here.
[2:23] I'm sorry you can't vote over here.
[2:23] Oh, yes, well, it is going to say that.
[2:24] If I vote in Russian for you, I'm going to want to say it was last time.
[2:26] That's right.
[2:26] You can talk to me now.
[2:26] That's right.
[2:27] Okay.
[2:27] Well, I wish you the very best.
[2:27] I do appreciate you.
[2:28] We'll send you a copy of this picture.
[2:29] You can do it.
[2:29] I'm going to be sure to sign that, too.
[2:30] All right, sir.
[2:30] Thanks.
[2:30] Have a good one.
[2:30] All right, thank you.
[2:31] Bye.