Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 774-010
Date: Monday, September 11, 1972 at 11:23 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Train, Russell E.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.; White House photographer
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/774-010

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[0:03] Yes, this has been checked over very carefully.
[0:45] That's all I got.
[2:03] Thank you.
[2:07] Thank you.
[2:31] Thank you.
[3:58] Sure, thank you.
[4:55] Not a great deal.
[4:56] There are some areas where we can work on that.
[4:59] They're quite expert in the Arctic pipeline problems, for example, where we hope we can learn how to deal with that permafrost problem in ways which they know.
[5:09] But they're very leery of giving us away.
[5:13] They are.
[5:14] Well, one minute.
[5:25] I grew up in Los Angeles area.
[5:27] When there was no smog, there would be none.
[5:32] Back in the 90s and 30s, it became a problem in the 40s and 50s without no bills.
[5:38] So they must have been cities.
[5:40] And so the candidates for smog, you know, overworked.
[5:47] They've done very good planning on this too.
[5:48] And they can stop right now.
[5:58] see if their cars are ones that are more polluted.
[6:47] They're taking two private conservation organizations, the Wildlife Federation, which is a very conservative group, and the old friends they see are a group.
[6:58] But their head is a conservative man.
[7:16] We'll see you next time.
[7:47] they can and talk to their opposite numbers.
[7:51] Make book of them.
[7:51] That's why I think it's very important.
[7:53] You never know who's going to go to the top in these countries.
[7:56] Make book of them.
[7:57] In other words, give very thorough reports as to what this person was like and what they say, what they do.
[8:05] Very good thing to do.
[8:06] Don't spend your time talking to each other.
[8:08] Get around.
[8:08] Concede.
[8:09] Move around.
[8:12] Do what you think is right.
[8:14] And move with your past beliefs, your opposites.
[8:48] They just didn't .
[8:51] They came over here and said that she's not .
[8:57] And they're telling me .
[9:06] And she's about .
[9:12] You know, things of that sort.
[9:14] But also, .
[9:30] Well, you've, of course, been there before.
[9:32] No, I have not.
[9:34] You didn't go on an earlier trip?
[9:35] No, I didn't.
[9:36] I had a great time.
[9:39] Which cities?
[9:40] Going to Moscow.
[9:42] I'm hoping to get out to Lake Baikal and go to Siberia for a bit.
[9:45] Oh, you've got to go to Siberia, because it's a different part of the world.
[9:52] You might say that I strongly recommend it, because I know people there that should go to Siberia, because it's so interesting.
[9:57] No, Siberia's the brand new city.
[10:22] Go out and see the castles.
[10:27] Go out and see the castles.
[10:32] The Russians are terribly complex.
[10:38] They're not as bad as Khrushchev was.
[11:28] I understand.
[12:04] I had a great time.
[12:07] The best thing to do is get there.
[12:11] It's good for you.
[12:14] It is, but very good for you.
[12:16] Very good for you.
[12:18] And also, it has no, particularly for stress.
[12:22] I once read an article on stress.
[12:34] once.
[12:34] You don't have to stress about this.
[12:37] Caviar and champagne, the only problem is that you can't pay them when the bill comes.