Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 709-005
Date: Monday, April 17, 1972 at 8:36 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President)
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/709-005

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[0:05] Uh, one other minor note.
[0:07] I had, uh, given a suggestion.
[0:09] I read the OAS, uh, toast, and, uh, I was very, uh, disappointed in how it is.
[0:15] I mean, I had a living in it, and I was very disappointed in it.
[0:22] Well, it is considerably more work for me to prepare these toasts.
[0:28] And while they are uneven quality marine ad libitum, it is a style that I have a relationship with others who do not have mine.
[0:35] In the future, that's the only style I'm going to use.
[0:44] Unless, of course, it's in a foreign country like China where we have a translation problem.
[0:55] Even there, I heard the
[0:56] does not show as much better than some of the others due to the fact that I was able to have literature and have to read it.
[1:15] At the table.