Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 791-004
Date: Tuesday, October 3, 1972 at 12:07 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Matthews, Joseph L.; Hauck, William F.; Rhatican, William F.; Stephens, Melville L.; White House photographer; Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/791-004

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[0:00] How are you?
[0:03] All right.
[0:04] Nice to see you.
[0:07] Good morning, Bill.
[0:08] Hi.
[0:08] Well, this is the first time as a commander you're here, right?
[0:14] That's correct.
[0:15] That's correct.
[0:17] Glad to have you.
[0:18] Let's get our formal picture over here.
[0:20] Get your hat on so that we have a proper style.
[0:24] Last time I had a picture taken of you in Chicago, I had to play the choir this year.
[0:28] That's right.
[0:35] for the series.
[0:36] Take it away.
[1:09] I recommend you watch it next time.
[1:38] How about the expense?
[1:41] It's not going to be as expensive to get there, but are they giving you good rates?
[1:45] We're getting pretty good rates.
[1:46] We've got two or three percent of them are really good rates.
[1:50] They're much better than they could get if they were gone.
[1:53] Of course, it would be a great experience.
[2:12] Oh, that would be a great convention.
[2:15] And we have a lot of them that, as you said, have served out there.
[2:22] Sure.
[2:22] And their wives have heard them talk about it.
[2:24] I wonder if that... Well, this time they have to take a walk.
[2:27] Yeah.
[2:29] Well, we...
[2:57] I appreciate you over and over again.
[3:02] It's just making a difference.
[3:07] I have a command of changes.
[3:10] I hope that I certainly should go.
[3:52] Well, it's hardly new.
[3:54] In some places, we've done really good.
[3:59] Last Saturday night, I was up in Wichita Falls, Texas.
[4:03] They had a post up there that's got a Vietnam commander.
[4:07] And they've got over 300 members, 300 Vietnam veterans in that post.
[4:10] And they're running the post.
[4:12] Mark.
[4:13] Wichita Falls.
[4:26] Well, talking about traveling, I don't think I'll come anywhere as close to travel as you do.
[4:32] I expect to get into all 58 departments this next year, all of the departments in the United States and the departments in the outlying areas, too.
[4:45] Incidentally, we're seriously considering making
[4:56] We appreciate that very much.
[4:58] We wouldn't know, of course, without the White House approval.
[5:34] I would say Poland or Romania are the two that, those are the two I would recommend for you to invest in, which are basically communist countries.
[6:11] and stopping at Warsaw and spending a couple of days there.
[6:15] We've got a lot of Polish people in the American League.
[6:18] Oh, not a lot.
[6:19] If you've got time for that, you can stop with me.
[6:21] I don't have any names, but they're great people.
[6:28] But I know the Poles have got a huge number.
[6:32] They're loyal Americans.
[6:33] They fight hard.
[6:46] I just wish you the very best.
[7:28] There we go.
[7:57] There you are, that's turned off on the ceiling.
[7:58] That's the pop shop of the Blacks, the only one we can call them.
[8:02] Thank you very much.
[8:03] Do you have one of these billboards you have?
[8:05] Thank you, that's a pretty good deal.
[8:07] I want to put it right there for you.
[8:11] You always need something to wipe, so you never get that done.
[8:14] Do you see this?
[8:15] Yes, sir.
[8:15] There's all kinds of pens.
[8:19] Thank you, sir.
[8:22] Thank you very much.
[8:24] Thank you very much, sir.