Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 701-008 Date: Tuesday, April 4, 1972 at 10:45 AM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P. Recording device: Oval Office Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/701-008 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:01] though. [0:03] Oh, I guess I'd like you to be interested to hear. [0:07] I just had my talk, and it was all before taking off in Chicago. [0:13] And that I was just, again, enormously impressed with him. [0:18] He's so decent, soft-spoken, and well-spoken, and yet strong. [0:23] And at the end of the conversation, I came to him and said, you know, we're really convinced that you're taking this job. [0:30] He says, well, [0:35] But let me say that it was good that you found him because I think this guy's going to be superb over there. [0:43] Pretty superb. [0:45] Well, he's just going to be going on the business. [0:52] Okay? [0:55] Yeah. [0:55] Right. [0:55] Right. [0:55] Oh, yeah. [0:56] That's well. [0:57] We're sending special letters over to private letters. [1:05] All right.