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Conversation 820-006

TapeTape 820StartTuesday, December 12, 1972 at 10:21 AMEndTuesday, December 12, 1972 at 10:39 AMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Recording deviceOval Office
AudioNARA Description

On December 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 10:39 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 820-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 820-6

Date: December 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:21 am and 10:39 am
Location: Oval Office

The President dictated a letter to Blake Sanborn and Donald Kemp.

       Addresses
            -Sanborn, Mayor of Whittier, California
            -Kemp, President of Whittier Chamber of Commerce

       1972 election
            -Congratulatory messages
                   -The President’s appreciation for scroll
                        -Signatures of Whittier friends and neighbors
            -Results
                   -Whittier
            -Congratulatory telegram (scroll) to the President
                   -Whittier leaders
                        -Chamber of Commerce, Federation of Republican Women
                        -The President’s appreciation
            -Scroll
                   -Nixon Library
            -Whittier’s people

End of dictation.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Set up the letter in the proper way so it reads, the Honorable Blake Sandler, Mayor Kemp, Mr. Donald Kemp,
And dear friends, of the thousands of letters and messages, letters and other messages I have received since the election victory of November 7th,
The one which meant the most of all was the... scroll, signed by 5,000.
Friends and neighbors from my home town of Whittier.
The fact that Whittier gave our kid one of the highest
Majorities of any city in the country.
Of course, there's a...
I'm not sure what that was in itself.
one of the most gratifying results of the election period.
But even more, mankind, the leaders of my own county,
The President of the Chamber of Commerce.
Members of the Chamber of Commerce.
The Local Federation.
Members of the Chamber of Commerce.
The Federation of Republican Women.
Took all the time and trouble to...
Send.
To get the signature signed.
this following week.
will be something that I shall always, will be a memory that I shall always cherish in the years ahead, as I think back to my last election campaign, very fair.
The scroll from what you're talking about in place of me makes my very language complete.
It's great.
But even more, the people we put here, where we know who has supported us in all of our campaigns,
for the past 25 years.
We'll always have a special place in our hearts.
Sincerity.
End of letter A.
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