Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 590-014
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 1971 at 1:50 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/590-014

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[0:01] present with these credentials in accordance with the way that you found them, it would be necessary to get over until that 10,000th street, sir.
[0:19] Until a few of them arrive, a few of them just go, are they all?
[0:21] No, sir.
[0:21] They know you're very busy today and some things have come up and that's why.
[0:22] I didn't know.
[0:23] No, they were told they were going to have meetings with me.
[0:24] No, sir.
[0:24] No, I don't care.
[0:24] They told them they were going to have conversations before.
[0:26] No, sir.
[0:26] They work not often.
[0:44] They don't.
[0:44] These people are coming to present their credentials, not to have a private meeting.
[0:48] They'll start running around 3 a.m. to be here by 10 past 3, so we can just flow through quite easily.
[0:50] The next recession is walking through the green room and move on to the next one.
[0:53] In the East Coast, the river is still closed up.
[1:06] We'll leave it right there.
[1:08] Three weeks later.
[1:09] Then I'll walk them out and walk them to the door.
[1:10] You don't even need to walk them to the door, Mr. President.
[1:13] Just walk them to me.
[1:14] To the blue room.
[1:14] To our help.
[1:14] Go out to the front door and they'll be... No, I mean I'll walk them out to that door and walk back to me.
[1:16] Sir, just go out of the next room.
[1:17] That's the way we want to do it.
[1:18] We don't want to.
[1:18] That's right, sir.
[1:18] I believe everyone understands that also.
[1:24] Don't put it on the basis we're changing anything.
[1:37] That's the only thing.
[1:39] Because they've been told they're going to have a conversation with them, I have to help them.
[1:42] And we'll look at the future and we'll look this way, see.
[1:43] I don't think it's necessary for you to have conversations with them.
[1:45] I know it's not necessary, but I mean, if they've been told that I don't have a thing, we're changing it, you see.
[1:47] And in the future, though, I've told them they're not going to have any more conversations.
[1:49] I understand.
[1:49] We just want to walk through and shake hands, you see.
[1:50] Well, my information is that they don't expect that.
[1:51] I understand.