Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 633 › Conversation 633-006
Nixon, Medici & Walters on Latin America and Brazil
Thursday, December 9, 1971 · 10:04 AM–11:02 AM ET · Oval Office · 56 min
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President Nixon met with Brazilian President Emilio Garrastuzu Medici and Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters to discuss regional stability and intelligence cooperation in Latin America. The discussion focused on coordinating US-Brazil policies regarding the Organization of American States, managing potential threats from Cuba and Chile, and reviewing infrastructure projects like the Pan American Highway. The participants also established private communication channels and addressed the transition of Vernon Walters to the Central Intelligence Agency.
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Chile
- Cuba
- OAS
- Intelligence
- Diplomacy
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Thank you.
Thank you.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
It was a terrible time.
It was good.
It was a terrible time.
It was a terrible time.
It was a terrible time.
You know, it's the first thing, the very start, the very end, the very start, the very end, the very end, the very end, the very end, the very end, the very end, the very end, the very end, the very end, the very end, the very end, the very end, the very end, the very end, the very end, the very end,
uh... uh... uh... uh...
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
but because the Lord has done it.
He has done it.
He's done it.
He's done it.
He's done it.
He's done it.
He's done it.
He's done it.
He's done it.
He's done it.
He's done it.
The president probably would be in our talks some time in a big way.
He spoke, I'm sorry, with the campaign.
And then he was mad to bring him back to the OAS.
More like he put me in the hands of the campaign, the hands of the OAS.
There is absolutely no relationship between
Uh, it is my way, yes sir, to make, uh, make them stop, under any circumstances, changing their policy towards killing and slaughtering.
Yes sir.
And that was a great deal of work.
It was a great deal of work.
But, but, but, it was a great deal of work.
But, but, but,
Thank you.
I do not have that.
And, uh, it is my absolute intention to oppose Canberra without, uh, uh, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh,
That's for those people.
But if we're all having sex, it's getting better, okay?
I feel like I'm going to get a little sick.
I'm going to get a little sick.
I'm going to get a little sick.
I'm going to get a little sick.
I'm going to get a little sick.
I'm going to get a little sick.
I'm going to get a little sick.
I don't know.
The thought of a warning lady, eh?
Don't worry, I don't think about terrorists or something like that.
That's the truth.
I never needed your attitude.
I didn't need your attitude for that.
What is that?
That's the truth.
How bad is that?
That's the truth.
That's the truth.
We have to take this boat.
The United States and Brazil, you're paying off.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I don't know if I can do this.
I can't do this.
I can't do this.
I can't do this.
I can't do this.
I can't do this.
I mean, the problem is, uh, talking to my lady, and, me, and, uh, her, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh,
I'm in more trouble with him because he has the ability to tell me in a manner that I don't even know what he's going to say.
I hate to go back to those people.
And, uh, I believe that I'm involved in it.
I'll keep you in mind.
And, uh, Mark, I really, uh, I'll respond.
Well, you know, that's what I mean.
That's what I'm doing here.
That's what I'm doing here.
That's what I'm doing here.
But, you know,
There may be matters like this.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Uh, there are also many manners where the president may want to get a message from me, and I'll decide what he does.
I don't want to go through all this.
I just want to, you know, I don't want to, you know, I don't want to, you know, I don't want to, you know,
I don't even think about that.
Uh, I have an arrangement for a body.
Yes, it ain't, uh, ain't...
Private, private check.
It ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't,
Okay, if you have a question, I will not, uh, yes or no, but I have a question.
If you have a question, I will not, uh, yes or no, but I have a question.
If you have a question, I will not, uh, yes or no, but I have a question.
Uh, don't, like, get, don't, uh, get, get, get, get, get, get, get, get, get, get, get,
Hey, that's bad.
I don't know what you're talking about.
The only weakness of the Latter-day Saints is that they are good at testing the government.
They are able to test the government.
They are able to test the government.
They are able to test the government.
They are able to test the government.
They are able to test the government.
They are able to test the government.
They are able to test the government.
They are able to test the government.
They are able to test the government.
They are able to test the government.
They are able to test the government.
They are able to test the government.
They are able to test the government.
They are able to test the government.
Now, for example, if you get a man, you get a man, you get a man, you get a man, you get a man, you get a man, you get a man, you get a man,
I don't know.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
It's a great capacity to allow.
It's a great capacity to allow.
It's a great capacity to allow.
It's a great capacity to allow.
It's a great capacity to allow.
We've got to get it done.
We've got to get it done.
Well, for example,
At a critical time, there's a need for money.
Yes.
Yes.
At a critical time, there's a need for help.
Yes.
Yes.
He's going to come back.
He's going to come back.
He's going to come back.
He's going to come back.
He's going to come back.
He's going to come back.
Hey buddy, let's get in here.
I'm busy, I'm busy, I'm busy, I'm busy, I'm busy, I'm busy, I'm busy, I'm busy, I'm busy, I'm busy, I'm busy, I'm busy, I'm busy, I'm busy, I'm busy, I'm busy.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I think it's good.
Working together, we first made the wood more, more,
...experienced in her life, and, you know, but now it's happening in her life.
And, you know, we may need to reverse some of the problems of the day.
I think we're going to have to kind of study the politics.
I mean, we're going to have to study the politics.
I mean, we're going to have to study the politics.
I mean, we're going to have to study the politics.
Thank you.
I don't think I'm going to say that.
I don't think I'm going to say that.
I don't think I'm going to say that.
I don't think I'm going to say that.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
They were looking at how the Lydia's going to tell Paul to wait for that.
And for me, that's beautiful.
And I'm going to take from it all.
I think when I take it out, I'm going to do what I can take.
And for me, it takes all the way to that.
It's going to be a great time.
It's going to be a great time.
It's going to be a great time.
It's going to be a great time.
I am far as I can go.
And what are you going to do about that?
You're trying to prepare yourself.
I can't go on.
Yeah.
Because you're going to be able to meet your needs.
Well, what would I be able to do?
That's it.
What are you going to do about it?
What are you going to do about it?
What are you going to do about it?
That's it.
What are you going to do about it?
I think, I think, I think, I think, I think
Oh.
We see it through our video coming up.
It's a payoff.
But in the end of the day, it was very helpful.
And it's about a quarter of the way down to where we are today.
We're already at a quarter of the way down to where we are today.
Because we're here today, we don't know what's next.
We don't know what's going to happen.
We're here today, so it's nothing much.
But I think that's what we're looking for.
I think that's what we're looking for.
I think that's what we're looking for.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Yes.
Yes.
about, uh, you know, about this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this,
Thank you.
I can't hear you.
I can't hear you.
I can't hear you.
Thank you.
He wanted to buy $3,000.
He wanted to buy $3,000.
Yeah, he gets paid for it.
uh... uh... uh... uh... uh...
Yeah.
Yeah.
What the fuck is he going to do with that guy about me?
And you know, I have to be careful.
I have to be careful.
I have to be careful.
We're gonna be able to leave you in the street for a chance or something.
Thank you.
And this is actually an accident.
Right now, we're crossing the street.
And we don't know where to go.
That's what he did cross the street today.
Does it appear any way to the law that we're going?
You've got to be honest with me.
Go ahead.
We're going to the dentist today.
We're going to the dentist.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You'd better be fast, you'd better be fast, you'd better be fast, you'd better be fast, you'd better be fast, you'd better be fast, you'd better be fast, you'd better be fast, you'd better be fast, you'd better be fast,
You are dismissed.
You are dismissed.
You are dismissed.
You are dismissed.
Whatever it is, it's not what it is.
You are the head of the world.
You do not think.
Think, think.
Think, think.
Think, think.
Think, think.
Think, think.
Think, think.
Think, think.
Think, think.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
To be honest, again, we have a lot of repressions coming in.
Yes.
We have a lot of repressions coming in.
We have a lot of repressions coming in.
Well, with regard to the
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And the president got the other side of the white box.
Now what?
He got the other side of the box.
Now what?
He got the other side of the box.
Now what?
He got the other side of the box.
Now what?
He got the other side of the box.
Now what?
He got the other side of the box.
Now what?
He got the other side of the box.
The office?
Yeah.
The office?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Go ahead.
the president's opinion of those people
Thank you.
I think that we can go through this without having to be upset.
We don't have a connection.
We'll just use a bit of time to get on with it.
We don't have a lot of experience.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
If I know what the problem is, I don't know how to answer it.
I don't know how to answer it.
I don't know how to answer it.
We are there for the first time in a long time.
And I think it's true to all the comments that are out there.
And I think it's true to all the comments that are out there.
And I think it's true to all the comments that are out there.
those, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
Thank you.
So if you, if you please go in and I'll get it for you.
And if you won't, I'll get it for you.
And if you won't, I'll get it for you.
And if you won't, I'll get it for you.
And if you won't, I'll get it for you.
I had a very good friend, I don't want to do this today, but, you know, if I didn't want to do it, we'll take it if I don't do it.
Yes, we have to.
We have to take it.
We have to take it.
We have to take it.
We have to take it.
We have to take it.
I can't keep going.
I can't.
I can't.
I can't.
I can't.
I can't.
One of the big ones.
NARA Description
On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Emilio Garrastuzu Medici, and Vernon A. Walters met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:04 am to 11:02 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 633-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 633-006
Date: December 9, 1971
Time: 10:04 am – 11:02 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Emilio G. Medici and Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters.
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[Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number
LPRN-T-MDR-2014-009. Unintelligible segments examined and segments declassified on
05/12/2023. Archivist: CM]
Greetings
Unintelligible
Memorandum for President
-Inter-American Development Bank
-Difficulties with Congress
Europe [?]
Cuba
-Readmission to Organization of American States [OAS]
-US policy toward People’s Republic of China [PRC]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-President’s reassurance
-Relations with US
-Fidel Castro
-Press
-State Department bureaucrats
-Change
-President’s categorical opposition
-Economy [?]
-Readmission to OAS
-Peru
-Committee
-Study
-Prevention
-Committee
-US and Brazil’s participation
Unintelligible
Diplomatic channels
-Alternative private channel
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Medici’s representative
-Special file [?]
-Future contact
Unintelligible
Chile
-Military
-Strength
-Overthrow of Salvador Allende Gossens
-US assistance
-Confidentiality
-Cut off of private sector contacts
-Money
Walters
-Reassignment
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Unintelligible
Chile
-Allende
Peru
-Juan Velasco Alvarado
-US policy
-Support for Castro
Unintelligible
Paraguay
-Parana River
-Border
-Hydroelectric dam project
-Generation capacity
-Bolivia
-Electricity sales
-Chaco War
Unintelligible
Road construction in Brazil
-Pan American Highway
-Road connections
-Peru
-Ecuador
-El Salvador
-Uruguay
-Argentina
-Bolivia
-Time zones
-Amazon
-Sao Paulo
-Army’s role
Draft communiqué
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Review
-Medici’s satisfaction
-Contents
Unintelligible
The President, Medici and Walters left at 11:02 am.Also recorded on December 9, 1971
- 016-065 9:04 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:04 am and 9:12 am.
- 633-001 9:05 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:05 am to 9:11 am.
- 016-066 9:12 AM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ruth A. Bunche talked on the telephone from 9:12 am to 9:13 am.
- 633-002 9:12 AM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ruth A. Bunche met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:12 am to 9:13 am.
- 016-067 9:13 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 11:33 am.
- 633-003 9:13 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 10:04 am.
- 633-004 9:13 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 10:04 am.
- 633-005 10:04 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:04 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 633-006, December 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/633-006 (accessed October 12, 2026).