Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 739-010
Date: Wednesday, June 21, 1972 at 12:38 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rockefeller, Nelson A.; Volpe, John A.; Javits, Jacob K.; Buckley, James L.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Gifford, William L.; Ronan, William A.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; [Unknown person(s)]
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/739-010

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[0:01] Well, here he is.
[0:02] I can't make for being late, but I'll tell you, anybody that's late can think of me.
[0:05] He makes good money.
[0:06] 92?
[0:06] 92?
[0:06] Well, I tell you, John, why don't you get someone else?
[0:08] Somebody to be here on time.
[0:10] Well, I'm not too worried.
[0:12] I'm sure he'll be waiting to hear you explain.
[0:21] Mr. President, we are just thrilled and
[0:44] Let me say, give a lot of credit to our friend John Bolton.
[0:48] Now, he pushed us into the Congress.
[0:51] and he advocated and so forth.
[0:52] I hope you can get some of the money spent soon.
[0:53] Well, Bill's got a very old suggestion.
[0:55] Maybe... We're getting ready to work.
[0:56] Listen, Paul, if you could, at that time where I... You ready to get what you got?
[1:00] Maybe, Mr. Paul, you could come up for it.
[1:02] They're not breaking the second man with your stuff, are you?
[1:06] And riding the first car, the new Christian car in the neighborhood.
[1:16] Tell John...
[1:18] We wait and they're still running.
[1:21] We wait and they're still running.
[1:31] We wait and they're still running.
[2:20] way back.
[2:48] Thank you.
[2:49] Thank you.
[3:09] Up and down.
[3:11] There's money to be used for part of that.
[3:13] Part of the second half or so.
[3:13] No, the cross-connection.
[3:15] The cross-connection.
[3:17] We have authorized for this.
[3:24] 1917, that's all we're going to talk about it.
[3:47] and the rest of the $66 million will be to buy 320 new, yet commissioned subway cars for the whole system.
[3:54] For the IMEV&T system, the present system.
[3:58] Tell my boys to turn up at the Old Street and allow us.
[4:00] We have 1,000 cars, and we'll have enough money to buy another 300.
[4:10] We'll probably do 720.
[4:12] We have 7,000 cars in all of this.
[4:15] You know, I used to think, I had a question, you know, you always ask me that question, but I remember when I was in the fire, I used to go to the church, and I recall going there just before going into the service, and I was here, and I was here, and I said, of course, being there, I can't believe it's I who's going to go to the church, and I used to go to the church, and I went to the church, and I was like,
[4:57] Thank you.