Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 685-018
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 1972 at 3:37 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Cox, Tricia Nixon; Nugent, Luci Johnson; Nugent, Patrick L.; White House photographer
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/685-018

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[5:41:38] And you might have to tell the others.
[5:41:42] I will.
[5:41:43] That's it.
[5:41:43] You're going to Europe, too?
[5:41:45] Okay.
[5:41:46] Okay.
[5:41:47] Gee, isn't that wonderful?
[5:41:49] Hold it here.
[5:41:50] From December 30th to September 30th.
[5:41:53] I'll take everybody to work.
[5:41:55] Thank you.
[5:41:55] Bye.
[5:41:56] Bye.
[5:41:56] Bye.
[5:41:57] Bye.
[5:41:57] Bye.
[5:41:57] Bye.
[5:41:57] Bye.
[5:42:07] Thank you very much.
[5:42:28] I guess if you wanted to know it, the little boy's footprints are very... Oh, boy, I see.
[5:42:35] I guess they're...
[5:42:37] I guess they're...
[5:44:04] Well, I think what you should do is if you're giving something to John, you should give him to the boy and give her one of those little boxes.
[5:44:20] When you're about to send her to your bar or something else, if you've got any less, make it less expensive.
[5:44:26] We have an awful lot of those scrolls.
[5:44:28] I think we ordered 700 of those.
[5:44:28] What is it?
[5:44:29] What is it?
[5:44:29] We have one of those prints.
[5:44:31] One of those cloth prints.
[5:44:32] It's fine.
[5:44:33] It's not like that.
[5:45:40] Yeah.
[5:45:42] Here we are.
[5:45:44] Hi.
[5:45:44] Well, how are you?
[5:45:45] Nice to see you again.
[5:45:47] The natural Lord.
[5:45:49] Hi.
[5:45:50] How are you?
[5:45:51] Well, hi.
[5:45:52] Look at that.
[5:45:55] Yes, sir.
[5:45:56] He's, uh, how do you call him?
[5:45:59] Oh, yeah.
[5:46:00] Yeah, yeah, I get it, I get it.
[5:46:04] Yeah, yeah, how are you?
[5:46:08] You're important.
[5:46:12] Well, Stephen, he's been in the Jerome before, hasn't he?
[5:46:15] Yes, do you remember?
[5:46:17] He used to work here, didn't he?
[5:46:20] Yes.
[5:46:21] And what did he do?
[5:46:22] Oh, what did he do?
[5:46:23] I don't know.
[5:46:25] But we remember a lot from that time.
[5:46:28] It's amazing.
[5:46:29] Yes, yes.
[5:46:30] And you look at President Nixon.
[5:46:32] Yes.
[5:46:34] Isn't that rough?
[5:46:36] What's that?
[5:46:37] That's right.
[5:46:39] Isn't that something?
[5:46:41] Isn't that something?
[5:46:45] They remember that's always been rough.
[5:46:51] It's a different road, but they always have the seal there.
[5:46:56] They can get a better picture.
[5:46:59] I'll be sure to set it back for you.
[5:47:04] That's right.
[5:47:06] You sit right there.
[5:47:19] That's all right.
[5:47:43] Right over here.
[5:47:45] We're going to take a couple of little trannies out there and I've got most of these things.
[5:48:01] He was the president of the Senate too, once, and I was.
[5:48:07] He liked that.
[5:48:10] That's the way he gets it.
[5:48:27] That's right.
[5:48:28] Now you preside.
[5:48:32] That's right.
[5:48:33] That's a tree.
[5:48:36] A little tree.
[5:48:39] Okay.
[5:48:41] Let's see if we can show you something else.
[5:48:50] Why don't you come over here.
[5:48:54] Tell me about the victim who was on the border.
[5:49:00] He was on the border in Washington.
[5:49:02] Who did you tell?
[5:49:04] Mrs. Cox and I didn't know that.
[5:49:06] Who did you say that you saw earlier that was on the 10 out of 10?
[5:49:12] President who?
[5:49:15] Roosevelt, right.
[5:49:17] And who was on the Hill?
[5:49:19] Nichols.
[5:49:20] Who was on the Hill?
[5:49:22] Comrade Terrence Lee.
[5:49:24] Comrade Terrence Lee, you know him?
[5:49:27] No, I don't know him.
[5:49:29] Let me show you something, see if you recognize him.
[5:49:33] He was in the box.
[5:49:34] Yes, he was in the box.
[5:49:40] You know out there at the children's garden?
[5:49:43] You know your feet's there?
[5:49:44] Footprints that seem to have been... No, I don't know if he would remember that.
[5:49:48] Do you know what it is?
[5:49:50] Your footprint is out there on children's gardens.
[5:49:53] So it's there for history to see, right?
[5:49:55] Now, some years from now, they'll see you with new shoes.
[5:49:59] Footprints.
[5:50:00] There, and back, throw it back.
[5:50:02] You can see the cement, see?
[5:50:04] And the cement before it got hard.
[5:50:06] And then now you've got to put it on your baby.
[5:50:13] Well, you're very welcome.
[5:50:20] You're very welcome.
[5:50:42] You know one thing about him, he's an old boy, he likes to have fun, get around, do things.
[5:50:52] He should have really done a film with Marius Rudd on Santa Claus.
[5:50:59] I mean, he should have done a film with Marius Rudd on Santa Claus.
[5:51:07] Oh, my God.
[5:51:21] Okay.
[5:51:22] Now when they come in, give them a hand.
[5:51:26] We'll do a chair.
[5:51:28] Do you like that?
[5:51:29] Chairs?
[5:51:30] Okay.
[5:51:30] You just have to pick her up when they come in.
[5:51:34] You pop up in there in that chair.
[5:51:36] Now I'll put you in a chair like this.
[5:51:40] Now wait a minute.
[5:51:41] Now wait a minute.
[5:51:43] And I'll give you a hand.
[5:51:45] Now you sit.
[5:51:46] When they get in here, I'll sit back.
[5:51:48] You can lie down.
[5:51:53] They aren't.
[5:51:53] They're in the press briefing now.
[5:51:56] So you can submit it to them as we arrive at 9 a.m. That's their return.
[5:52:00] They're on their way.
[5:52:01] So they can get to the meeting.
[5:52:04] On their way to the meeting, they come in and they have a little work to do.
[5:52:09] So I'm going to go now.
[5:52:11] I'm going to pick this up.
[5:52:13] I did it before.
[5:52:19] Right.
[5:52:20] Okay.
[5:52:21] All right.
[5:52:48] Always, always keep a little distance from your grandpa.
[5:52:55] Always, always keep a little distance from your grandpa.
[5:53:21] Oh, well.
[5:53:49] Thank you very much.
[5:54:31] Very impressive.
[5:54:32] Very impressive.
[5:54:33] Well, we've got a little present for you.
[5:54:34] And here's our, that's the beautiful one.
[5:54:35] That's what she has here.
[5:54:36] Thank you.
[5:54:36] All right.
[5:54:37] Put your ears and breathe together.
[5:54:38] Breathe together.
[5:54:56] And you're afraid of us.
[5:54:58] And how can you tell how afraid of us?
[5:55:02] How can you tell how afraid of us?
[5:55:07] How can you tell how afraid of us?
[5:55:15] How can you tell how afraid of us?
[5:55:23] How can you tell how afraid of us?
[5:55:25] Now, I think you better take it with you that way, because an airplane would be hard to carry otherwise.