Conversation 547-007

TapeTape 547StartTuesday, July 27, 1971 at 11:53 AMEndTuesday, July 27, 1971 at 12:03 PMTape start time02:31:41Tape end time02:51:10ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Eisenhower, Mamie G.;  Connally, John B.;  Brooks, Mary T.;  [Unknown person(s)]Recording deviceOval Office

On July 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Mamie G. Eisenhower, John B. Connally, Mary T. Brooks, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:53 am to 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 547-007 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 547-7

Date: July 27, 1971
Time: 11:53 am - 12:03 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Mamie G. Eisenhower, John B. Connally, Mary T. Brooks, and an
unknown person; members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting.

     Greetings

     The President's schedule
          -Budget meetings

     Oval Office
          -Table
               -Gift
               -Bust

     Arrangements for photographs
          -Eisenhower silver dollar
               -Philadelphia (mint?)
               -Value
               -Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

     Presentation

     Eisenhower silver dollar
          -Presentation as gifts
                -Heads of State
                -Members of Congress
          -First strike
          -Silver

     Presidential gifts
          -Compacts
          -Ashtray
          -Choices of items

     Brooks

     [Unintelligible]

     Presidential gifts
          -Charm bracelet
          -Bow pin

Brooks and Connally left at an unknown time before 12:03 pm.

     Boat
            -Correspondence
                 -Russ Mayer
            [Forename unknown] Smith

     Presidential gifts
          -Foreign visitors
                -Presentations
          -Tie clasps
          -[Dwight] David Eisenhower II, Tricia Nixon Cox
                -Coordination with Stephen B. Bull on gift items
          -Key chain

     Oval Office
          -Furnishings
               -Julie Nixon Eisenhower

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     Rose Mary Woods

     White House

     [Unintelligible]

The President, Mrs. Eisenhower, and the unknown person left at 12:03 pm.

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Thank you.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Thank you.
We thought we would say, let me tell you what we do in here.
That little table over there, I usually put a, you know, a safe gift.
I like that particular bus well.
This is a gift to us by...
We consider it very good.
But we thought we'd stand here about that.
It is.
It is.
It is.
Whatever you said.
And they see what we have in that oval room, and it's white, and they're not lying to us.
I just like to look at it.
And now, I would rest.
We have to be quick to get out of this zone.
You're on my right, please.
Before I take you to the bus.
That's what I'm telling you to do.
I got a hold of this so it doesn't fall out.
Hold it down on the plate.
No, I didn't say so.
No, I didn't.
No, I think I felt it.
Yes, very much so.
I love it.
Come here.
That's the first one.
That's all right.
We should have asked.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yes, I've ordered a number from the first time.
Pardon me.
Well, there you go.
Okay.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I really think you might give some thought to giving some of these steps to members of Congress.
chairman committees we can go as far down as you like uh
Well, we're the ones with the box.
That is, and it says First Strike, isn't it?
I would have the first day of strike for Congress, but for the chair of the committee, we could do that.
Either you or me.
Who's last saying First Strike?
Eisenhower, First Strike.
Oh, yeah.
That's what we're saying.
No, no, no.
That's right.
First Strike.
Eisenhower, First Strike.
you don't have them anymore
you get one of those
Do you have a lease?
Yes, we have a lease at the end of this facility.
At the end of this facility?
Oh, it's rehearsal.
Here's what we're doing.
Now, and here it is.
Oh, sure.
All right.
I want to tell you, you know when I asked someone a while ago, and I met one of the most human girls that came to this country, and she opened her first book, and she was so thrilled about people like that who have come to this country, and here's her first book, and she said, she had to take me to her first book, and she said, I don't know if I'm going to be able to do it, but I'm going to be able to do it.
That's right.
You know, it isn't that John Brady is so enthusiastic.
He calls Hannah all the time.
She's a rush.
She's a rush.
I'll tell you what he told me.
Well, Mary, I heard it.
I heard it.
I heard it all the time.
It is.
I wouldn't get hurt.
I wouldn't get hurt.
I wouldn't get hurt.
I wouldn't get hurt.
I wouldn't get hurt.
That's the reason he's acting in your mind, Quentin.
Are you?
Oh, I hope you will.
I'm sorry.
Thank you.
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I don't know.
Well, I don't want to do that.
I know, but we want you to do this, too.
I don't want to do that.
I don't want to do that.
I don't want to do that.
I don't want to do that.
You don't want to be the secretary of the trade or whatever.
I don't want to be the secretary of the trade or whatever.
Oh, sweet day.
Oh, it is that night.
Yep.
Oh, sorry.
Where is this man now?
Well, they have people that have them.
Good there, Barbara.
These ones are the man's men on your staff here.
But until the staff have some word, clear.
I don't know what the type of one is.
But I just want to be like those I asked you first.
Yeah, yeah.
Let me get it.
And Peter, you can't, you can't, you know, that's a nice thing.
And in fact, we're closing up on anybody.
Thank you.
So we have to have a few little things.
So we've got these for the wives or daughters or presidents when they come.
And this is, I mean, when they've already got something else.
Yeah, there's a nice little thing to go with.
Oh, I love it.
President, that's why we were asking Mr. Crochet this morning if we want to buy a quantity of those silver coins.
You see, you haven't tied those to the way.
Our group doesn't have anything.
We were hoping that we could buy some of those and give them to you.
Oh, there's, uh, nice papers for you.
That's a gold one, sir.
Oh, um, there's a very large one.
How many do you have, sir?
Do you have two?
There are ten of them.
There are ten of them.
All right, you guys are awful.
Well, you get ten.
Don't you think so?
I don't know what you want.
What are these things like?
All your children.
What?
Kill you.
All your children, sir.
Yeah.
Oh, golly, we'll do it.
Well, we'll do it.
We're in a long time.
You'll see it.
Exactly.
Exactly.
Exactly.
Exactly.
but they look good everybody wears them and it's just a nice thing you can tell for each one of the boys and if you will do this you'd better i think we've given them to most of the calls on our detail or some of their their method of you know but be sure that if you mention to whoever david was ever nutrition that if they don't have the
Just check below and you can tell what the president did.
I want you to count all the covers.
Listen, we have five specials.
It's not fair to treat one fellow like the other.
I got a game.
It's getting expensive.
Thank you.
You can't get your turn on these kids.
That's true.
Oh, yeah.
You can't go to these cells or these not for me.
No way.
No.
So what do we have over there?
This is a prisoner.
Now, that's a surprise.
This is a little thing.
Oh, yeah.
What is love in marriage?
Oh, wow.
My age.
How can we carry all this?
That's right.
I'll make it for you.
Hello.
Our car.
Thank you.
We ought to have a bag.
Well, go ahead and take it.
That was weird.
It was May Day.
I saw it.
May Day.
Wow.
And I thought, you know, last night, I went out to the airport, you know.
Yeah.
And everybody was like, man, it's time for you to get going.
Yeah.
And all of a sudden, this was the time you were sober.
Yeah.
And I said, I don't know if I can stand here anymore.
But you see, I remember it like that.
I remember it like that.
Well, I remember it like that.
And, uh, and today working hard, but, uh,
But he's right, he has to do exactly what they do.
He's not got any special favors.
He must be just dirty harder on him.
Yeah.
He'll get by if he can, but not now.
No, not now.
Before I met him, he was one of his roommates.
Father is a doctor in Bloom, Iowa.
Oh, I remember.
Uncle Lloyd.
Uncle Joe.
Isn't that ridiculous?
I don't know why that is.
And he was the one who told me about it.
I didn't know him.
Thank you.
Thank you.