Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 685-005 Date: Tuesday, March 14, 1972 at 12:15 PM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B. Recording device: Oval Office Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/685-005 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [3:20:43] The second, first was the audience, the economy. [3:20:45] The second is the promise you had given me about the economy. [3:20:54] The third is the good news. [3:20:56] What you see, even though you're Secretary General, you're still the first. [3:21:00] I was there in Iran. [3:21:02] I remember waiting for the show. [3:21:06] And it's true that, well, at the terrible time of Masa Deku, you recall, Zahid became, not the president, but his father became Prime Minister. [3:21:14] And it was an exciting time. [3:21:18] It was the first of the 1930s. [3:21:23] And, of course, I'm in the actions and the practices, and so I look forward to going again. [3:21:30] So, you're saying that, you know, they, uh, the people of Christ, you know, the people of His Majesty, they wouldn't believe in our religion. [3:21:41] Yes. [3:21:41] They wouldn't. [3:21:42] Oh, they always begin to. [3:21:43] We try, but we can't. [3:21:45] Uh-huh. [3:21:47] They do. [3:21:48] They are. [3:21:48] And then I think it would matter if she did a fine job of taking the oil, which is not a country, and putting it into the harvest for the people. [3:22:01] He's a Chinese person. [3:22:04] If he's left alone, he's not going to do something. [3:22:08] If the crazy people are crazy people, we call the crazy people crazy people. [3:22:12] I don't mean this way, but you know. [3:22:15] It is important. [3:22:18] I mean, I know it's important. [3:22:33] And the symbolism is what is very important. [3:22:37] And that's particularly true of the size of the box. [3:22:41] We want to kind of do it together. [3:22:43] And this is it. [3:22:45] Thank you for your time. [3:22:45] Bye. [3:22:47] Thank you, Mr. President. [3:22:50] Sorry, you're back on stage. [3:22:53] Well, that doesn't take you straight. [3:22:55] It's not you. [3:22:56] It's your wife. [3:22:57] Why don't you make that the best you can do?