Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 532 › Conversation 532-027

Nixon, Korologos & Manesiotis on Greek-Americans and Political support

Wednesday, June 30, 1971 · 12:08 PM–12:15 PM ET · Oval Office · 6 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Manesiotis, Louis G.; Nakis, Sam; Spirtos, Michael N.; Tsaffaras, William P.; Derzis, Peter N.; Bell, George T.; Korologos, Thomas C.; Atkins, Oliver F. ("Ollie")Conversation532-027 on Tape 532 (tape position 02:48:55–02:55:15)StartWednesday, June 30, 1971 at 12:08 PMEndWednesday, June 30, 1971 at 12:15 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 532-027 ↗

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President Nixon met with a group of Greek-American supporters, accompanied by White House staffer Thomas Korologos, to discuss their history of political support and current advocacy. The conversation touched upon Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s recent visit to Athens and the diplomatic efforts of U.S. Ambassador Henry J. Tasca. During the brief, cordial session, the participants presented the President with commemorative gifts, including cuff links and golf balls, while Nixon acknowledged their loyalty and shared anecdotes about his political career.

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Mr. President.
Mr. President.
Mr. President.
Mr. President.
Mr. President.
Mr. President.
First I owe it to my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great
I just had a call this morning from our city center here in Kentucky, from my daughter Julie, who is in Athens.
She lives there, and she's there, and the people are
I have to meet him someplace else.
He just said he's a strong man, a good man, a good American.
Well, he's Italian.
Yes, he is.
We're so comparable.
I don't know what I am, but I'm American.
I think so.
Well, Mr. President, we're extremely honored to present to you the 150th anniversary of the United States.
And we'll also be pirating that.
So we have to do it.
We should have done it.
You got a good one?
Yes.
But they have a magazine.
Oh, yeah.
We have a magazine.
Oh, yeah.
So we're going to try to do it twice.
Tomorrow we're going to do it.
Now, what about the Vice President?
He's wrong.
Thank you, sir.
Yes, sir.
All right.
As a matter of fact, if you look down, please, you're worried that he received this advice more than I'm sure.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
I attended it several years ago, and I can't get to any of it.
When I give something to you, all the people that are here, this is not, I'm going to say, not a soft joke.
I'm sure that's true.
These are the presidential comments.
And there you can see them.
And there it is in the comments.
And, uh, let's see here.
We ought to give, you know, Vice President-elect Donald Trump
Thank you, Mr. Craig.
Thank you, Mr. Craig.
Here's for the widows.
You can prove you're a watchtower.
You see what happened the other way.
You see I was an auctioneer.
He said, you probably gave this to her.
I always say to them, if you give it to your wife, I tell her that you gave it to her.
But if you give it to some other girl, you're going to write on it.
And I go, well...
Great.
So there you are.
That's all we got.
We can't give you another chance.
Thank you very much.
We appreciate your much-needed support.
I'd like to ask a favor.
If all the Americans in this country had the loyalty of the great Americans and the hatreds of the other countries, I'd appreciate that.
And of course, great, great numbers do.
And your people have been very high-ranking.
I can't hate the Senate.
Thank you.
This is George Christopher.
One of those, uh, my great-grandsons, uh, really, uh, in San Francisco, they, they were reading my whole can right here, and they were... Oh, great.
I don't know if you guys have any questions.
Yeah.
All right.
We were both out.
That was, that was great.
Well, Inspector Senator...
Inspector Senator... Make a hole in one.
All right.
You make a hole in one, send the ball back.
Inspector Senator...
Inspector Senator...
Thank you.

NARA Description

On June 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Louis G. Manesiotis, Sam Nakis, Michael N. Spirtos, William P. Tsaffaras, Peter N. Derzis, George T. Bell, Thomas C. Korologos, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:08 pm to 12:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 532-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 532-027

Date: June 30, 1971
Time: 12:08 pm - 12:15 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Louis G. Manesiotis, Sam Nakis, Michael N. Spirtos, William P.
Tsaffaras, Peter N. Derzis, George T. Bell and, Tom C. Korologos; Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
was present at the beginning of the meeting.

      Greetings

      [General conversation]
           -Origins of groups
                 -California
                 -George [Surname unintelligible]
           -Introductions
           -Julie Nixon Eisenhower's schedule
                 -Athens visit
           -Henry J. Tasca's (U.S. Ambassador to Greece) efforts
           -Photographs

      Presentation of gifts
           -Cuff links
           -Golf balls
                 -Wilson Sporting Goods
                 -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
           -Gifts for wives

      History of support for President

      President’s early political career

Manesiotis, et al., left at 12:15 pm.

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

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Conversation 532-027, June 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/532-027 (accessed October 5, 2026).