Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 722-004
Date: Tuesday, May 9, 1972 at 10:42 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/722-004

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[0:00] About that thing tonight, have you got the list of people now?
[0:08] Yes.
[0:08] I think you had Pat Gray.
[0:11] Yes, you did.
[0:12] He's coming.
[0:13] There's people in government that cannot come because of their commitments.
[0:20] Burgers.
[0:20] Paul.
[0:21] Colleagues can't make it.
[0:23] Findings.
[0:25] Bud Crowe.
[0:25] John Dean.
[0:26] So you have 25 in the administration, counting the wives, about 12 couples.
[0:30] And 57 from a law school who couldn't make it.
[0:32] Five couples from a law school who couldn't make it.
[0:37] Some out of the country.
[0:52] As long as you've got a case.
[0:54] 57, 25, and 78.
[0:55] Two in the U.S. based in 1944.
[0:57] The gifts, unless you guys want them.
[1:01] I get to give them, and Lucy does too.
[1:02] I get that maybe we have too many there.
[1:03] At least at the table, we have too many gifts.
[1:06] Just give them all the things.
[1:09] Maybe one memento of the party.
[1:11] Can I just come back to the ladies here?
[1:13] One thing for the men.
[1:19] All right.
[1:20] If you want to give them all, you can mail them them.
[1:23] Well, I wouldn't put anything to the table, maybe.
[1:26] Yeah, maybe mail them.
[1:28] Yeah, we could do that.
[1:29] I'd rather mail them.
[1:29] I don't like having them on the table anyway.
[1:31] But if there's one on the table... Oh, yeah.
[1:35] I think I need to give a compact to the ladies.
[1:42] Are you good?
[2:03] I didn't get to tell you that you were preoccupied.
[2:07] Steve Bowles' uncle died, and he's the only survivor, so he's in New York attending to the screen.
[2:12] Uncle's screen is all the way back there.
[2:13] I believe it was something like that.
[2:20] Peter Feininger has sent in some comments from the Soviet Trade Delegation, or perhaps Bob Stuckett.
[2:26] And Henry was there last night.
[2:28] Do you know who he was?
[2:30] Yeah.
[2:31] I'm afraid I'm going to fight tomorrow morning.