Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 630-006
Date: Monday, December 6, 1971 at 12:35 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/630-006

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[0:00] It's not any better, okay?
[0:01] It's not any better yet.
[0:04] Hang on a minute.
[0:30] And the two ambassadorial nominations that we discussed in the first question.
[0:46] Strasburg State of Delta.
[0:48] Tony Marshall.
[0:49] Tony Marshall.
[0:53] Kenzie.
[0:55] Kenzie.
[0:56] Jeff.
[0:56] Jeffrey Watts.
[0:59] No, no photographs.
[1:00] They all have them.
[1:27] You don't send an autographed photograph to somebody who already has an autographed photograph, is that what you're talking about?
[1:33] No, they do not have them, sir.
[1:35] We just recommend stopping by this one.
[1:37] Tom has one.
[1:38] I mean, I didn't know we could save all of it.
[1:41] Anybody who's made a visit here and has an autographed photograph already, we'll check that out.
[1:47] So be sure to check that out.
[1:51] There should be no exchange of gifts.
[1:53] There should be no photographs.
[2:00] Because if they have a, and if they don't have one, well normally you strike them with an official photograph for the first time.
[2:11] If they don't have one for the first time, they do have one for the first time.
[2:19] I have a lot of photographs.
[2:21] unless that is discussed with them and they want one.
[2:23] What I think would be a better idea would be to simply get a photograph of the meeting, of the two of us meeting, and, uh, should we take?
[2:31] No, we can't do that.
[2:33] We're not going to host each other.
[2:41] That's all right.
[2:42] We're trying to, uh, yeah, the Portuguese should have a gift.
[2:53] Slow.