Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 622-002
Date: Monday, November 22, 1971 at 4:02 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Lewis, Hobart D.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/622-002

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[0:03] Yeah.
[0:13] All right.
[0:14] Hello.
[0:14] Oh, how are you?
[0:16] Yeah.
[0:16] Well, we should have been here.
[0:19] Yeah.
[0:19] Well, it's a very close question now, of course, as to whether these people will stay on the board.
[0:27] If they don't, then we're going to have to go down.
[0:32] And if there's a problem there, of course, they may go on some struggles, and that will be tough.
[0:39] But we just can't back down now.
[0:43] Well, I'm sure they are.
[0:51] Yeah.
[0:53] Yeah.
[0:53] Yeah.
[0:53] And, uh, they've, uh, they've knocked me apart.
[0:55] And, uh,
[1:20] Oh, sure.
[1:26] Yeah.
[1:27] Right.
[1:28] Well, hey, you just keep the feet of the fire open.
[1:36] Ah, well, that's my story no more.
[1:46] When would it be, uh,
[1:58] Well, the interview is perhaps either the best format or maybe something I wrote for our 50th anniversary out of that.
[2:22] Notice at the time, I mean, that is not acceptable to everybody.
[2:47] It's a question of perhaps we do it better if I have a chance to think about the thing, rather than just off the top of my head.
[2:50] When do you have to have advice?
[2:50] And that's for your graduation.
[2:51] Oh, I see.
[3:04] All right.
[3:13] All right.
[3:18] All right.
[3:23] All right.
[3:29] Yeah, good.
[3:30] Did you catch that, right?
[3:35] You don't paint at all, are you?
[3:44] Too cold?
[3:47] Well, how did you get along with Irvin, I think?
[3:48] As you know, we're back all the way up.
[3:52] But I think what we ought to do is just get the dam, wheel back the congressional line.
[4:15] That's my view.
[4:15] And since it gets to my desk, I'll back it, so.
[4:18] I don't need to interact with that one so long.
[4:19] Yeah.
[4:19] Yeah.
[4:19] Rob?
[4:19] Well, the point is that you've got to study the truth.
[4:21] You can do that with my help.
[4:27] Okay, thank you.