Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 784-006
Date: Thursday, September 21, 1972 at 10:02 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Woods, Rose Mary; Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/784-006

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[0:10] I just want to look at those letters.
[0:12] Oh, fine.
[0:13] All right.
[0:15] Hello, Tom.
[0:16] I'm Tom.
[0:30] saying that some of the people at the Grove are saying, you know, that you can't go to the event sometimes, but you'd like to have the Grove, some of the players, like 20 or 30 of them, come and do a thing here.
[0:43] And it might be after the first year, but anyway.
[0:46] I think that's a very good idea.
[0:48] They did a marvelous thing for her and her birthday.
[0:53] When they brought the Grove to the Wal-Mart, you'll remember that.
[0:58] And they brought in trees and so on and so on.
[1:01] and put on a show in the Waldorf.
[1:03] And if they would like to, that would be one hell of a thing to do here.
[1:08] We know we could invite them.
[1:09] We could get some press men and then we could, you know, invite them.
[1:12] And it's all the same.
[1:14] And put on a great show in the White House in the East Room.
[1:18] It'd just be perfect.
[1:20] I'd invite them all.
[1:21] We'd have dinner.
[1:22] You know what I mean?
[1:23] Have a campfire in the White House.
[1:26] I think it would be difficult then.
[1:29] It would be difficult before, you know.
[1:33] I was thinking other than Preserve Day.
[1:49] any time in the, you know, that fits them in the spring or something.
[1:52] You don't have to have any particular date for it.
[1:54] I'm going to talk after the, after the inauguration, we'll talk about it.
[1:57] It would be a marvel, so I think, you know, to have a grove.
[2:01] I really would be.
[2:02] And then they could come in on a plane, you know, and put on a show.
[2:04] So I'd invite Easter members of the grove to be here for the most part.
[2:10] Yeah.
[2:11] I think that'd be great.
[2:13] I'd like to go, but I...
[2:18] Oh, you can't go.
[2:19] Secret Service.
[2:19] No, Wallace said it the other day.
[2:20] Huh?
[2:20] No, Wallace Taylor said it.
[2:21] And he said that, you know, it's the right decision.
[2:23] You can't go while you're president.
[2:26] It's just not...
[2:26] I could go, actually, but not while I'm chairman.
[2:28] I could have never thought I'd do this.
[2:31] I mean, I'm not going to take one sample of this.
[2:34] But you couldn't go if you don't give me a chance.
[2:42] That's what drives me to go.
[2:44] I don't like that.
[2:45] I don't like it.
[2:52] All right, let's do this.