Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 708-012
Date: Thursday, April 13, 1972 at 4:47 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Walters, Vernon A.; Woods, Rose Mary; Butterfield, Alexander P.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/708-012

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[41:08] I don't know if this is incorrect.
[41:22] I don't know what term they use if it's an Anglo-Saxon term.
[41:27] You know, in France, it would be the president, but I don't know that it's in the monarchy.
[41:32] L'orateur?
[41:33] I'm sure it's right.
[41:37] Let me read this very slowly.
[41:41] Monsieur l'orateur de la chambre des communes.
[41:45] Monsieur le président du Sénat.
[41:48] Monsieur le premier ministre.
[41:50] Messieurs les membres des chambres du Parlement canadien, éminents, hautes et amies.
[41:57] Éminents.
[42:09] Let me see if I can turn it.
[42:39] and they're just stuck around for the new, the new time of day ever.
[42:42] Masha'Allah raka'ur al-shamra, the commune.
[42:45] Masha'Allah rizwan al-san'a, or Masha'Allah raka'ur al-san'a.
[42:48] Masha'Allah rikne'in Yisra.
[42:52] Masha'Allah l-imamra, Masha'Allah l-imamra al-shamra bi'l-bara'ma, qanadiyan.
[42:59] E min ma'od.
[43:01] E min am.
[43:01] E min am.
[43:02] E min am.
[43:03] E min am.
[43:03] E min am.
[43:05] E min am.
[43:07] E min am.
[43:09] I appreciate it.
[43:11] I appreciate it.
[43:39] You even have a slight French-Canadian accent, don't you?
[43:46] That's all right.
[43:47] Yes, sir.
[43:49] Perfect.
[44:04] I don't know.
[44:05] Maybe I should have tried a little of this when I entered.
[44:08] I hadn't thought that I would, but... Let's see if I can pronounce something.
[44:25] I'll see if I can pronounce it.
[44:29] Ah!
[44:29] O-mah-mah-mah-mah-mah-mah...
[44:32] I would also like to salute in my name and in the name of the Pope of the United States, the United States.
[44:41] The Pope of the United States.
[44:43] The Pope of the United States.
[44:46] The Pope of this great country.
[44:48] The Pope of this great country in which we feel in the generous spirit and friendship
[45:02] I don't have to say it right.
[45:04] I don't have to say it right.
[45:08] I don't have to say it right.
[45:31] I might say that.
[45:33] You said the end of the word.
[45:37] Perfect, you have to answer.
[45:41] The public is a grand pays.
[45:50] Pays.
[46:00] The puppet is the grand pays, okay?
[46:01] Don't move, don't press, you know?
[46:05] Don't make a spree.
[46:07] Shame on you.
[46:08] Ain't nothing here.
[46:10] Okay.
[46:11] Let me try this other one again.
[46:15] We're coming down here from Connecticut, sir.
[46:18] Well, they're in Connecticut, but they didn't rent it.
[46:20] No, they're selling it right.
[46:21] They're actually selling it right.
[46:22] This sort of thing.
[46:23] You see, it's the highest one.
[46:25] You don't recognize it.
[46:26] I don't recognize it.
[46:27] I know it, Frank.
[46:28] Now you do.
[46:28] I don't know.
[46:30] I knew it 30 years after I studied it.
[46:33] Four years in college.
[46:33] It's perfectly comprehensible.
[46:34] We're sure over a third of us aren't worthy of communion.
[46:39] Masha'Allah, praise the Daqa al-Saddaqa, Masha'Allah, the Torah, the Sanat, Masha'Allah, the Pentecost, Masha'Allah, the Imamur, Masha'Allah, the Imamur, the Shamba, the Palamah, the Qarnayana, the Qarnayana.
[46:54] Qarnayana.
[46:54] Qarnayana.
[46:55] How do you say it?
[46:56] Qarnayana.
[46:57] Qarnayana.
[46:57] You don't chop it up quite that badly.
[46:59] Qarnayana.
[47:00] Qarnayana.
[47:01] Qarnayana.
[47:02] Qarnayana.
[47:02] Qarnayana.
[47:03] Qarnayana.
[47:03] Qarnayana.
[47:06] Qarnayana.
[47:09] I may not hold.
[47:11] I may not hold.
[47:14] I may not hold.
[47:17] I may not hold.
[47:18] I may not hold.
[47:22] If you take out the A, you should pause.
[47:28] Where do you say it?
[47:31] Where do you say it?
[47:53] You want to say difference?
[47:55] Yes.
[47:55] C-A-G-R-S. Huh?
[47:57] C-A-G-R-S. What does that mean, difference?
[48:01] What is it?
[48:02] C-A-G-R-S, and I put a C on it to give you the sound.
[48:06] Shares on me.
[48:07] Right.
[48:08] Shares on me.
[48:10] That'd be fine.
[48:11] It's very warm.
[48:12] Shares on me.
[48:13] Right.
[48:15] Could you put this over your ear?
[48:17] Yes.
[48:17] Put this speech right there.
[48:23] I, uh, want to call it a night.
[48:25] I, uh, take my hand away.
[48:33] Thank you.
[48:33] Thank you very much.
[48:35] I'm sure a lot of others have heard of me.
[48:38] I'm sure a lot of others have seen me.
[48:40] I'm sure, I'm sure Mr. Gage has heard of me.
[48:43] I'm sure Mr.
[48:46] You don't have to say, ladies and gentlemen, that is, they should.
[48:52] They should.
[48:52] They should.
[48:53] They should.
[48:54] They should.
[48:55] They should.
[48:55] They should.
[48:56] They should.
[48:57] They should.
[49:12] J'apprécie.
[49:13] J'apprécie.
[49:15] J'apprécie.
[49:16] J'apprécie.
[49:17] What is it?
[49:18] J'apprécie.
[49:19] J'apprécie.
[49:20] J'apprécie.
[49:21] J'apprécie.
[49:23] J'apprécie Guillaume.
[49:25] J'apprécie Guillaume.
[49:28] J'apprécie Guillaume.
[49:38] Well, I'm sure that
[50:40] I thought they were talking about .
[50:46] We're worried in all of North Vietnam about what we're doing.
[50:49] The fleets are moving.
[50:51] The planes are coming.
[50:54] See what I can do.
[50:55] I did get a thing, sir.
[50:56] I had asked General Payton.
[50:57] He said the Rostro in the building.
[50:58] I saw it.
[50:58] He said his man made it before yesterday.
[51:00] I've been in contact with Harris.
[51:01] Rich Swain, please.
[51:02] He's absolutely out of control.
[51:04] He's silenced us.
[51:05] We've got to stop him.
[51:06] We've got to stop him.
[51:07] We've got to stop him.
[51:08] Why?
[51:08] What are you going to do?
[51:14] Huh?
[51:15] Fine.
[51:17] One way to stop it.
[51:19] One easy way to stop it.
[51:21] And the dying can talk.
[51:25] That was a fascinating experience for Paris, both with the Chinese and the Japanese.
[51:36] The night before I left, the chairman of the Massacre called me and said,
[51:44] You're an old friend.
[51:44] You've got to come today.
[51:45] Exactly.
[51:45] So I went to find you and saw you.
[51:50] Sorry you don't know Russian.
[51:52] Did you ask your partner?
[51:53] No, sir.
[51:54] Not you.