Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 574-010
Date: Friday, September 17, 1971 at 12:01 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/574-010

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[3:09:38] I may get one of our enemies out there to question along this line.
[3:09:55] Ron, going back to President's remarks in press coverage yesterday on the black vice president, does the president feel that a black vice president could win now?
[3:10:07] The President will not discuss, and you as the press secretary will not discuss, will not go into the... Will not add to what you said.
[3:10:18] Will not add to what I said.
[3:10:20] The President's statement is complete.
[3:10:23] I'm not going to go on.
[3:10:24] I don't want you to get into the political side.
[3:10:27] I'm simply... You could simply say that what the President said was that he believes that...
[3:10:35] that to suggest to suggest that the American people is that the American people will go down.
[3:10:53] Both are prejudices.
[3:11:00] Both are prejudices.
[3:11:07] I think it's said so well.
[3:11:09] I do, too.
[3:11:09] I just wanted to get a feel of it.
[3:11:11] I was going to say, well, the main thing is I didn't want to get any more political questions on the president.
[3:11:18] I thought it was an answer.
[3:11:19] I think that's the best way to go about it.
[3:11:21] I agree.
[3:11:21] I just wanted to get your feel on it.
[3:11:24] I thought it was an answer.
[3:11:27] Is that right, President?
[3:11:28] Yes.
[3:11:30] But I don't want to say that, because that's, I think, I think what I should say to the President, I'm not going to get into it.
[3:11:41] The President said yesterday that he doesn't believe that the American people would or should vote against any man because of race, creed, color, period.
[3:11:51] that attempt to suggest that the American people, and it's not, will be motivated primarily by prejudice.
[3:12:07] I think it's a misjudgment.
[3:12:11] I don't know that this will come up.
[3:12:13] I just know that we did it.
[3:12:16] I didn't want to go that far.
[3:12:22] Yes, sir.
[3:12:22] Don't cover it with the press if they ask you to do it.
[3:12:27] Don't cover it.
[3:12:27] But all who asked the question, who was there?
[3:12:31] Who was?
[3:12:32] Who said after the conference?
[3:12:34] Jim Beacon.
[3:12:35] Jim Beacon, the senator.
[3:12:36] Jim Beacon, the senator.
[3:12:37] What is it?
[3:12:38] What I was referring to is Japan's argues overseas customer.
[3:12:43] Right.
[3:12:44] We are Japan's biggest customer.
[3:12:45] We buy 30% of all of Japan's actual goods.
[3:12:49] They are our biggest overseas customer.
[3:12:50] Right.
[3:12:51] As a matter of fact, with Canada, you could buy something just because of that.
[3:12:59] It comes very close to the...
[3:13:00] I don't think there'll be a follow-up.
[3:13:03] You might just, if you, Deacon is no good, but you just might see how big it is overseas.
[3:13:09] East gets wider, though, if I walk up to it.
[3:13:11] Yeah, that's just so that the money...
[3:13:13] What I'm saying is that Japan is our biggest overseas customer.
[3:13:16] I think that's bigger than any customer in Europe and bigger overseas.
[3:13:20] In the Americas, it wasn't related to Asia, it wasn't related to China.
[3:13:26] We are, of course, Japan's biggest customer.
[3:13:29] About 30% is the biggest customer.
[3:13:31] All of Japan's exports are sold to the United States.
[3:13:38] Well, it seems that they have to, I know this was a good interview, they seem to have quite a
[3:13:45] Well, they're very positive, aren't they?
[3:13:49] They were, yes, they did.
[3:13:51] I mentioned a couple people that...
[3:13:58] The sword was out, and she hit back in it so fast, no one saw it.
[3:14:03] That was beautiful.
[3:14:05] And that's their general reaction to it.
[3:14:07] Well, there were stories this morning.
[3:14:09] Yes, ma'am.
[3:14:10] In fact, the way to get in and out is by murder at the end.
[3:14:20] The way to get out is not by murder, too.
[3:14:23] Right.
[3:14:24] Right.
[3:14:29] I guess, whatever I meant.
[3:14:31] I'm sorry, Pam, I think she should have stayed up tonight.
[3:14:32] Well, I told you what several of them said, and she was a little late, but I don't know how that happened.
[3:14:38] I didn't want to take that picture here.
[3:14:39] Well, there's some discussion about you going over the bowling alley with the child.
[3:14:47] Thank you.
[3:14:47] Thank you.
[3:14:48] Thank you.
[3:14:50] Thank you.
[3:15:01] Wait on some time.
[3:15:03] We'll take a picture and then walk over to the bowling alley.
[3:15:06] If you're going to have a crust over there, you better get it out of the way.
[3:15:12] No, not the sills.
[3:15:13] No, we're going to bring it up.
[3:15:15] All right, we're going to bring it up.
[3:15:19] All right, we're going to bring it up.
[3:15:24] All right, we're going to bring it up.