Conversation 686-011

TapeTape 686StartFriday, March 17, 1972 at 12:16 PMEndFriday, March 17, 1972 at 12:19 PMTape start time00:41:35Tape end time00:44:15ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Diver, Tina;  Diver, Neil;  White, Margita E.Recording deviceOval Office

On March 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Tina Diver, Neil Diver, and Margita E. White met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 686-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 686-11

Date: March 17, 1972
Time: 12:16 - unknown before 12:19 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Tina Diver, Neil Diver, and Margita E. White; The conversation was in
progress.
[This conversation is continued as conversation no. 687-2.]

     Photograph

     Indiana
          -Fort Wayne
                -The President’s previous trips
                -Newspaper
                -Neil Diver

     Gifts

     Cartoons
          -Herbert G. Klein

     Appointment

     Schedule

     Walter H. Annenberg
          -Gift (“Start of the President”)
                -Steuben Crystal

The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 12:19 pm.

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Now we're going to have a paper.
Come on over here.
Anybody that leaves, that's it.
There's your rock.
Look in the eye.
Yes, look in the eye.
Look hard.
Oh, yeah.
This was there about two years ago.
Oh, they're great.
I haven't been there in time.
They always open the square for us.
Two years ago, we had an auditorium.
Usually, you've been there.
That's good for you.
That's right.
That's right.
Well, that's my home.
It is?
Yes, it is.
You ought to get sturdy there.
There's your... That's your compactor.
There's your compactor.
Thank you.
I have nothing to problem with.
Here's what I'm trying to do.
I'm going to move this back a little off.
Okay.
Well, I'm curious to see if that's a problem.
There you are.
What do we have for you?
Do you need another one of those?
Yeah, sure.
Well, I know that you're in our country.
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
Yes, sir.
We know so many people around the world.
I never see them or anything, but I don't know.
You've got it.
I appreciate it.
Oh, anyway.
And there you have it.
Thank you.
You know, everybody has a pen.
Oh, that's awesome.
Well, you just keep the light and, uh...
This, in and of itself, is the limit of what we're entering.
It's the ceiling.
It's the ceiling.
It's the ceiling.
It's the ceiling.
It's the ceiling.
It's the ceiling.
It's the ceiling.
It's the ceiling.