Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 516-005
Date: Thursday, June 10, 1971 at 12:26 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hampton, Horace; Krogh, Egil ("Bud"), Jr.; White House photographer
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/516-005

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[0:00] Mr. President, Mr. Lawrence Anthony.
[0:08] Yeah, how are you?
[0:09] Well, after all these years, I thought we ought to get to this.
[0:20] Thank you for... Yeah, I hope you enjoyed it.
[0:21] It's been a pleasure.
[0:21] Well, we've got to leave now.
[0:22] I'm just very excited for this.
[0:23] Of course, I'm going to cancel.
[0:24] I did that.
[0:24] I have to pull the whole government together, Mr. President, on communication security.
[0:26] And he's the one man that has been indispensable, actually.
[0:32] I've enjoyed it very much.
[0:56] I've enjoyed it because you saved the country.
[0:57] However, things that you do, you have to be sure that you're going to trust it.
[0:58] Because of the old responsibility on many shoulders,
[1:00] He's been brought up to the Hill, where he's never had to open up what he's been doing back here for us.
[1:12] It's been a very close operation.
[1:15] The phone company pretty much said, you're your own man.
[1:17] Don't tell us what you're doing.
[1:18] So it's been something that he had to do by himself.
[1:22] And our problem was finding a man who did the same job.
[1:24] Well, anyway.
[1:25] We haven't got much to, uh, reward you with, but we've got a very, very nice complex that you should have.
[1:42] A lady.
[1:42] Are you a cop?
[1:43] No, I'm not.
[1:43] I know.
[1:44] I'll get you something else.
[1:48] I appreciate it very much.
[1:56] I'm very sorry, but I'm going to have to give up on the activities and things that I've been doing.
[2:06] I, as I say, am quite concerned because public discussion is a very neutral quality of government.
[2:11] You have it to 100% degree.
[2:11] And I'm aware of that.
[2:13] the kind of people who will do a job, not pop off and recognize that another country requires it.
[2:34] That's a very valuable asset.
[2:34] You just be sure we get a guidance as good as you are.
[2:35] That's all we want.
[2:36] Thank you, sir.
[2:36] I appreciate you letting me come in here.
[2:37] We wanted to get that.
[2:37] Let's have you pop this picture if you like.
[2:38] Have a little minute.
[2:39] That's it.
[2:39] Thank you, sir.
[2:39] Thank you.