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Conversation 683-006

TapeTape 683StartMonday, March 13, 1972 at 12:02 PMEndMonday, March 13, 1972 at 12:17 PMTape start time02:39:53Tape end time02:54:00ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.;  [Unknown person(s)];  Whitman, Marina von Neumann;  Whitman, Robert (Dr.);  Whitman, Malcolm;  Whitman, Laura;  Pierce, Josephine;  Stein, Herbert;  Solomon, Ezra;  Shultz, George P.;  Safire, William L.;  Franklin, Barbara H.;  McArdle, Paul;  White House photographerRecording deviceOval Office
AudioNARA Description

On March 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), Marina von Neumann Whitman, Dr. Robert Whitman, Malcolm Whitman, Laura Whitman, Josephine Pierce, Herbert Stein, Ezra Solomon, George P. Shultz, William L. Safire, Barbara H. Franklin, Paul McArdle, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 683-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 683-6

Date: March 13, 1972
Time: Unknown after 12:02 pm until 12:17 pm
Location: Oval Office

Stephen B. Bull met with unknown people.

     Preparations for swearing-in ceremony

Marina von N. Whitman, Dr. Robert Whitman, Malcolm Whitman, Laura Whitman, Josephine
Pierce, Herbert Stein, Ezra Solomon, George P. Shultz, William L. Safire, Barbara H. Franklin
and Judge Paul McArdle entered at an unknown time after 12:02 pm; the White House
photographer and members of the press were present.

     Swearing-in ceremony
         -Positions
               -Marina Whitman
               -Robert Whitman
               -McArdle
               -Shultz
               -Solomon

     [General conversation]

                                       (rev. Aug-01)

The President entered at 12:05 pm.

     Swearing-in ceremony
         -McArdle
         -Oath of office
               -Whitman

     Malcolm and Laura Whitman

     Photographs
          -Copies
          -Family
          -Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]

     Economy
         -Prices
         -Unemployment

     Photographs
          -Shultz

     Gifts
             -Cufflinks

     CEA
             -Reports
                   -Wording
             -Stein

     Whitman’s mother
         -Elephants

     Washington, DC
         -Weather
         -Trees
              -Magnolias
              -Crab apples
         -Tulips

                                          (rev. Aug-01)

     Gift [“Star of the President”]
           -Walter H. Annenberg
                 -Ambassador
                       -France
                       -Steuben glass

     CEZ
           -Whitman
                -First woman
                -Chairman

     Oval Office
          -Paintings
                -George Washington
                      -Rembrandt Peale
                           -Father
                                 -Charles Wilson Peale
          -Crewelwork
                -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
          -Paintings
                -White House
                      -Wings
                           -Theodore Roosevelt
          -Tree
                -Peking

     Pandas
          -Washington National Zoo
          -Outside the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
                -London
                -Another European city
          -Pair
          -Soviet Union

     Bean birds
          -Gift

Whitman, et al. left at 12:17 pm.

                                         (rev. Aug-01)

     The President’s schedule
          -Forthcoming meeting with Ronald S. Berman

     Steuben glass [“Star of the President”]

Bull left at 12:17 pm.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Oh, I have something I want to tell you, my son.
As you can catch me squeezing down.
OK?
Have a good rest of your day.
Get ready.
Yeah, yeah.
Just a moment.
Miss Whippen, you stand right here, please.
Right here, thank you.
Right here, thank you.
Miss Whippen, stand right next to me.
Go ahead, check your throat.
Stand right here.
And right over on the side here.
Stay with the rest of your family.
Thank you.
Yeah.
They're all in the same room.
Ready to go.
Perfect.
I, uh, have a revival for you.
All right.
that I will bear his face and allegiance to his name, that I take the time of his execution, that I take his validation freely, without any mental reservation, without any mental reservation, or purpose for his name, that I do as well
But I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am vacuumed.
So help me God.
I wonder if anybody could get us some pictures or something.
Oh, yeah, I think they do.
No, this is Malcolm Whitman.
You're number one.
No, this is Malcolm Whitman.
You're number one.
Yes.
And Laura is number two.
Laura, let's see.
Let me set this up right here.
Right here.
Why don't you stay?
Why don't you stay right over here?
There you go.
We'll be looking out there.
We'll give you all a copy of this picture.
Now, if we could have all of the family step out and let's get the council panel in.
We've got the whole council in this way.
Press the button.
I'll take one of the council loans.
So you can have a .
Do you want to be in the middle or should you be in the middle?
I should be in the middle.
Everything's coming up except for .
Now you've got everything here.
Do you want to get one of them, George?
And if you'd like to get this one, George, you don't have to stand up.
Now we've covered everybody.
Well, first of all, so now we've got it.
We've got an extra arm.
We've got to get it out there a couple times.
And I'm trying to get the wire to seal it.
Right.
And here's for you.
Well, Mr. Covenant, you don't have to wear it, though, but if you do want to wear it some day, if you do, that's a little less presidential seal, a little bolder than you can wear it.
And it's worth losing the part of it.
But I'm sure it's going to be different.
You've got this for loaning her to us.
I love that.
You will be good.
You're going to be here in Washington, right?
Yes, I will.
Good, good, good.
We're talking about that.
Thank you.
Listen, just get the council's reports in a kind of language I can understand right here.
Do you understand?
Well, I'll tell you a story.
There's one thing that was snuck into that.
My grandmother's favorite animal was an elephant.
So somewhere, even among all the grasses on it, is an elephant.
An elephant?
That's right.
Well, that's right.
We'll find that elephant.
You know, it's going to be looming.
I heard a pretty good voice this morning.
Oh, yeah.
That's the .
These trees are .
The ones down there are .
One of the greatest .
And the garden is planted here.
The tulips are planted.
The tulips are planted.
We'll bring them back .
This is an interesting thing here.
It's for Anne Heard, the ambassador to Paris.
This makes it seem as interesting as it seems to me.
It's one of those .
You know that .
Oh, is that the beautiful building on the street?
It's really impressive.
If you go on there and you look back at the building, or you look back at the fountain, that's a stupid place to live.
That's where they let me sit.
Someday we're going to my yard and go back and see it.
We've been to the building.
Well, good to see you.
You did a good job here.
Thank you very much.
What we call our first stage.
All right.
Now next, she's got to be chairman.
Oh!
When you get ready, sir, I'm gonna rule you out.
You understand?
What are your policies with that group of sirs that you're acting towards moving out?
Oh, yeah.
Take a look at their walk-in.
That's it.
Bye.
That's a little cruel word to do against the day of the election.
Oh, yes, I remember reading that.
That's the only person I remember.
Did you say that one?
Would you remember the person?
No.
I don't remember that one.
And that's the White House.
Gears met the British years ago before the winds were put off.
The river was much closer.
That's more than worth it.
This wing was put on by Theodore Roosevelt.
The other wing was put on before that.
And it's weird to see it right up there.
Where did it go?
The long ball.
The long ball.
And they cut it off with a great head.
And then they filled in.
This little, this little tree came from Pete King.
Oh, this little tree came from Pete King?
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, it's really enjoying it.
It's part of the thing.
They are, they are.
Have you ever been to the Washington Zoo in the morning?
Of course not.
Have you ever been to the Washington Zoo in the morning?
Of course not.
Have you ever been to the Washington Zoo in the morning?
Of course not.
Have you ever been to the Washington Zoo in the morning?
Of course not.
Have you ever been to the Washington Zoo in the morning?
Of course not.
Have you ever been to the Washington Zoo in the morning?
Of course not.
Have you ever been to the Washington Zoo in the morning?
Of course not.
Have you ever been to the Washington Zoo in the morning?
Of course not.
Have you ever been to the Washington Zoo in the morning?
Of course not.
Have you ever been to the Washington Zoo in the morning?
Of course not.
Have you ever been to the Washington Zoo in the morning?
Of course not.
Have you
There are only, at the present time, two pandas.
One in London and another in the other European city.
A lot outside of China.
Only two in the world.
They only tear pandas off.
They have one Russian, one Russian, one Russian, one Russian, one Russian, one Russian, one Russian, one Russian, one Russian, one Russian,
Good to see you.
Oh, thank you.
That's right.
All right.
All right.
Do you want to leave that student class up here?
Yeah, I'll leave it there for a while.
For a while, yeah, go ahead.
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