On July 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Wimer D. Mizell, Eddie Bane, Larry Calufetti, Benny Castillo, Bob Ellenberger, John Caneira, Nell Ellenberger, Ron Fraser, Doug Gerlach, Marty Harrington, Peter Helt, Tony Hewitt, Cliff Holland, Fred Lynn, Bill McClain, Roger McGill, Fred Mims, Paul Patterson, Jeff Port, Ken Reed, Jay Smith, Jack Smitheran, Tim Steele, Jackson Todd, Al Torregano, Bobby Winkles, and Elinor Winkles met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 11:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 535-013 of the White House Tapes.
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Mr. President and Mr. President, well, how are you guys?
I hear you brought a baseball team.
Are you sure you need a guy?
I'm interested in seeing if there are eyes on him.
I heard him say that he used to be an all-star team.
I'm going to see if that's true.
I'm going to see if that's true.
I'm going to see if that's true.
I'm going to see if that's true.
I'm going to see if that's true.
I mean, if you're not here, you can't get it.
I mean, if you're not here, you can't get it.
I mean, if you're not here, you can't get it.
Good to have you here.
Good to have you here.
Good to have you here.
Good to have you here.
Good to have you here.
He's got a baby.
He's got a baby.
He's got a baby.
He's got a baby.
He's got a baby.
He's got a baby.
I don't know what to say to him about it.
I don't know what to say to him about it.
I don't know what to say to him about it.
I don't know what to say to him about it.
I don't know what to say to him about it.
I don't know what to say to him about it.
I don't know what to say to him about it.
All right, now where were you all about?
Down in the city.
All right, down in the town.
I was right in the middle of the place.
I thought you were right in the middle of the place.
I was down in the town.
Down in the town?
Down in the town?
It was a small room.
It was a small room.
It was a small room.
It was a small room.
It was a small room.
It was a small room.
It was a small room.
Thank you.
Oh, that is, that is really not going to work.
We have to be sure, right?
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This is all Arizona State.
I would be a senator.
He can run pretty good.
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Yeah, it's like, we've received a natural, you know, they are really focused.
Of course, he doesn't want them to share the views that they really want, you know.
They're all complaining, so he's, he's there in all ways.
Yeah, that's right.
He's, he's, you know, they've got elevators.
Yeah, that's right.
Yeah, that's right.
I told you, Mr. President, that I was reading down here, there's five or ten weeks.
Yeah, well, they'll tell you in the evening.
All this may be the end.
That's right.
Maybe it's news, Senator.
All right.
All right.
We organized the Pan American Games as kind of a preliminary to the Olympic Games the year before.
We're going to Cali, Colombia.
We organized the 15th of June.
We're going to play 24 games in this area, then go back and leave for Cali on the 29th of July and come back August 15th.
That's a great idea.
Bobby is one of the really great coaches in college baseball.
Probably has the best winning record.
And he has both boys and big leagues and any other college coach that we know too.
What does that say?
All right.
Here we go.
All right.
All right.
Look up here.
Here we go.
Show your dentistry if you have it.
All right.
Thank you.
Well, that's great.
Well, I just wish you the best.
I'd love to go along.
Sit in the back.
Watch you.
Watch you.
Well, I don't know that most, some of these young men went to South America a couple of weeks ago.
I mean, about what was it a month ago, man?
And they played six games against the Colombian team.
We're going to try to, we have talked with the state department.
We're going to try to put on clinics for those kids down there on our days when we are playing, but then and say, if we play at night, we give them in the morning and we hope that might help us.
with the people and... Good.
We'll get that pushed.
You tell, uh... You talk to, uh...
Hey, in our office, General Hayden, come on, we want to push that program to the safety of our state, and push that out of the way.
We'll certainly give rhinings for all the kids in that area.
That's better.
That's better.
That's better.
Well, we've got a little memo for you.
This is the presidential complex.
It's a seal, as you notice.
It's a mark of this office.
It's a seal of whatever.
Here.
Here is the complex.
So all of you, you might have that.
I was kidding.
And I have to tell you,
I'm gonna give you something else.
This is the, this is the person that you're gonna call.
He also has a seal on him.
His name is Wilson.
and a signature.
And I'll tell you what, I gave him a little advice first.
I said, please, get the fuck out of here.
That guy right there can get a right on the desk.
But you're right.
He's the guy.
He's not on the desk.
He's never been on the desk.
He's never been on the desk.
He's never been on the desk.
He's never been on the desk.
He's never been on the desk.
He's never been on the desk.
He's never been on the desk.
He's never been on the desk.
Well, good luck.
Could possibly be representative of a finer group of young men, Mr. President.
I want to thank you guys for not taking our distance.
I couldn't be better than you.
I mean, it's great.
This is what we need.
We're going to be doing a lot of work.
We're going to be doing a lot of work.
We're going to be doing a lot of work.
We're going to be doing a lot of work.
We're going to be doing a lot of work.
Thank you, sir.