Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 747-004
Date: Wednesday, July 19, 1972 at 11:33 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mills, Branford; Sedlar, Thomas S.; Flanigan, Peter M.; White House photographer
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/747-004

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[0:01] Yes, sir.
[0:04] You got the report there.
[0:05] Well, this is the last year's report, so why don't you hold that?
[0:32] You don't have this one?
[0:36] No, we are hoping to have a picture and a letter on it.
[0:38] This is one of those organizations that you would ask your parents if you want to reach out to them.
[0:47] No.
[0:47] They don't know.
[0:50] But it's an enormous amount.
[0:53] Thank you.
[0:54] But it doesn't happen.
[0:56] It doesn't happen.
[0:58] It doesn't happen.
[1:01] But we're hoping that we can present to you a new plan of what we are, can do, what we're up to on the program, on the board, and so, you know.
[1:16] Yeah, let's put them on straight on.
[1:21] All right.
[1:22] All right.
[1:24] Now we have some plans, which I'm talking a little bit bigger, about how we can assist U.S. business companies with all the competition, which is increasing very, very much with the U.S. into governmental support.
[1:38] One thing that's occurred to me in a speech in my issue that I'm going to get to, we were discussing recently the problem with law speakers.
[1:47] So as we move into this business of possible trade, so they're going to really kind of break the boss leaders.
[1:58] They were right in our heart.
[1:59] And now we're going to play a very tough game.
[2:01] I told you before we left, we had to have some other standings on that part.
[2:05] They've come into our country, but they're going to control it.
[2:10] We think the Japanese are going to sell the French and the Russians.
[2:13] So I don't know what all the people are going to do.
[2:17] All your deals in the entire year of the Congress should be made with a debt constituent.
[2:28] understandings that we're not going to go with them.
[2:36] We have no authority right now to operate in other than Yugoslavia.
[2:42] That's a project.
[2:43] That's a project.
[2:45] Oh, absolutely.
[2:46] We don't do that today.
[2:47] Why do you say you're going to do this project?
[2:49] Because we don't have authority under the Foreign Assistance Act, and it was a special amendment.
[2:55] President Tito came here last year, and she was kind of authorizing us to operate in Romania.
[3:00] Why aren't they with the others?
[3:01] Because they don't... Because they are, under the Foreign Assistance Act, they are excluded from the non-Soviet nations.
[3:09] Oh.
[3:10] How did Romania got in?
[3:11] Romania got in under a special amendment.
[3:14] which we had to .
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[3:43] I want to be sure that's not, and also we've got to, so if you do, should we wait?
[3:50] Well, I would put it this way.
[3:54] Is Peterson aware of this game?
[3:56] No.
[3:58] Now, isn't that something that's important?
[4:00] I think you ought to talk to him.
[4:10] I think you better get a wire on Peterson so that they can sort of hold that out as one of the carrots.
[4:17] Because I have that very much in mind.
[4:19] And I agree that it has to, with the Soviet, it has to wait for them.
[4:24] It has to be part of the whole package.
[4:27] Part of the whole package.
[4:30] But Henry will have a strong idea.
[4:32] It's all about the Poles and the Poles and what he's
[4:36] I don't think, I'm not sure we want to do the polls before we do the Russians.
[4:40] Maybe, maybe not.
[4:42] But maybe this is something that we have to give them something now.
[4:47] So I don't want to, and you can give it this now,
[4:51] authority, you have congressional authority, and then you get away with it.
[4:56] Yeah, at least we'll keep this law here, Senator Javits.
[5:00] All right, this is a good little problem that I don't think they're probably aware of over there, but you can get back.
[5:06] In other words, we'll work it out, but I think this is one that we can throw into that pot, which doesn't cost us a lot in terms of our political and other relations and people understanding.
[5:20] Great.
[5:20] And to our private, no private person is going to go and invest in some of our insurance.
[5:26] And you can't do that in Russia.
[5:29] You can't.
[5:30] I want this discussed.
[5:32] Wait until Henry gets back.
[5:33] I want to discuss it with him.
[5:35] And then tell him to get a paper on it and so forth.
[5:39] And we'll start, we'll start, we'll start.
[5:42] For example, Hammer is not investigating his documents.
[5:44] to make sure that he's well in his technology.
[5:47] He's going to be paid off in profit when he's not making money.
[5:58] Thank you, Mr. .
[5:59] There you are.
[6:02] A new person wants to come.
[6:06] I'm going to .
[6:13] I'm always following you around.
[6:18] The first time we met was I was lost in the Bohemian Grove.
[6:26] I was trying to find your account.
[6:30] I was trying to find your account.
[6:43] Thank you for your support of our program.
[6:54] We really would have raised some money to make us some money.
[7:01] I think it's very important that Henry and Floyd understand
[7:11] how this group organization plays a role in our order of all the economic things with the Russians and the Poles.
[7:18] Because the Hungarians have been really reaching out.
[7:21] We want to do something for them, too.
[7:23] But understand that's a political decision on both, all three cases, I understand.