Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 697-023
Date: Thursday, March 30, 1972 at 12:31 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Finamore, Mike; Landers, Ann; Letton, A. Hamblin; Letton, A. Hamblin (Mrs.); Ebersol, Charles R.; Ebersol, Charles R. (Mrs.); Adams, Lane W.; Adams, Lane W. (Mrs.); Rimer, Irving I.; Davis, Alan; Finamore, John; Finamore, John (Mrs.); Finamore, Deborah; Letton, Alice; Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.; Cavanaugh, James H.; White House photographer
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/697-023

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[2:58:50] How are you going to get along now, George?
[2:58:53] Well, we can't, we can't.
[2:58:55] You know, one of the things, President, that you do is that you look at concepts and figures.
[2:59:01] He's an extraordinary master of the English language.
[2:59:04] You're right, Steve.
[2:59:06] And those of you in Midland, I hope that takes care of you now.
[2:59:09] You're very, very generous there.
[2:59:11] You're very smart.
[2:59:12] Thank you, Mr. President.
[2:59:14] And I'm mad focused about it, President, but I'd like to say something.
[2:59:17] We appreciate it very much.
[2:59:19] All the work.
[2:59:21] We're just wishing you the very best.
[2:59:25] Appreciate it very much.
[2:59:28] Join me in calling because I'm in trouble right now.
[2:59:32] I'll be around.
[2:59:33] Someday, you're probably going to have to serve us your money.
[2:59:37] That's right.
[2:59:38] That's right.
[2:59:39] Thank you.
[2:59:40] Thank you.
[2:59:46] Why don't you give her a comment on this?
[2:59:49] One of the little things, too.
[2:59:50] We'll bring in the boy first, and then the rest, and then we'll introduce the family afterwards after the press conference.
[3:01:10] And so, the ability to do this, this work, you go to a material field, all the things you do in the speech today, it is the best.
[3:01:24] This is the best.
[3:01:25] Right.
[3:01:25] The peers are great.
[3:01:28] That's 13.
[3:01:29] That's 13.
[3:01:30] That's great.
[3:01:54] It does get pulled because of
[3:02:22] We all have friends, you know, but I, in particular, one of my very best friends is Kyle Tomer.
[3:02:31] He was the political editor of the Los Angeles Times.
[3:02:37] He is a marvelous man.
[3:02:39] We used to kid around him.
[3:02:42] And I said to Kyle, I said to the vice president, I said to Kyle, I said, you're the vice president.
[3:03:07] I think he said that you are the Arden Kroc of the West Coast.
[3:03:12] He says, what do you mean?
[3:03:14] He says, Kroc is the Kyle Palmer of the East Coast.
[3:03:18] And he got the gig in two years.
[3:03:20] Two years, that was all.
[3:03:25] Well, Bill, it's just the beginning, but you know, there's a lot of hands to work, a lot of people to work, a lot of brains, trying to utilize it all, but you, your example is going to, a lot of people out there know that they've got to have support.
[3:03:51] That's all we keep.
[3:03:52] The vote, the vote is more important than the body.
[3:03:56] This is what you get.
[3:03:58] You have to take a group photograph.
[3:04:01] All right.
[3:04:01] This is the, this is the photo.
[3:04:47] Now we have a little present for each of you.
[3:04:55] But then, you've got couplings, which is a seal and a couplet, and part of the seal is a lace.
[3:05:04] And you have the lace.
[3:05:08] We have the same thing, but you can't use couplets.
[3:05:11] Of course, the seal will be pulled from where it is.
[3:05:15] And that seal is like this.
[3:05:19] Well, we appreciate this.
[3:05:21] This is a great cause.
[3:05:23] If anybody has a little fight for it, I wish we could do more.
[3:05:28] I can sign a bill and the rest of you can go out and talk and charge people up and give them money.
[3:05:44] You know me.
[3:05:45] I'm Mr. Markle.
[3:05:46] Mr. Markle.
[3:05:48] Markle.
[3:05:48] Markle.
[3:05:48] Markle.
[3:05:49] Markle.
[3:05:50] Markle.
[3:05:50] Markle.
[3:05:50] Markle.
[3:05:51] Markle.
[3:06:08] Oh, yeah.
[3:06:10] Isn't that charming?
[3:06:12] But, you know, we in Chicago want to see one of the pandas.
[3:06:19] So what happens is, we finally sent them to Washington because it's the national zoo, and they're coming from the Peking.
[3:06:27] So everybody can come to Washington and see them.
[3:06:30] I even haven't had a good name to check to see whether we can put the pandas on the road.
[3:06:35] I'm serious.
[3:06:35] You know, to see whether they can move.
[3:06:38] The problem is that we've got to check the health thing, you know, whether they're fragile animals.
[3:06:46] But it would be a really wonderful thing if they could spend a week in Chicago.
[3:06:49] There are several great ones.
[3:06:50] Chicago has a great one.
[3:06:51] St. Louis has a very good one.
[3:06:53] San Francisco.
[3:06:55] Thank you.
[3:06:55] Thank you.
[3:06:56] Thank you.
[3:06:57] Thank you.
[3:06:58] Thank you.
[3:07:18] Thank you.
[3:07:36] I know.
[3:07:50] Good, good.
[3:08:13] uh...
[3:09:03] Is that right?
[3:09:06] Is that right?
[3:09:07] Is that right?