Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 831-011
Date: Wednesday, January 3, 1973 at 2:48 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Moore, Richard A.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/831-011

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[0:03] Are you coming in with the Galbraith group?
[0:08] I think we ought to give a contribution.
[0:12] What's the problem?
[0:15] Well, that was a blast.
[0:19] Great.
[0:21] But it seems to me we ought to start on the contributions.
[0:26] I mean, you know I sent a contribution, but I don't think it can be quite that indirect, in the sense you've got to do something symbolic to get it going.
[0:34] What do you suggest?
[0:35] You know, do you get it past the head of the White House, get some money, maybe get $400 or $500 in the check?
[0:53] They don't have to do that.
[0:54] Just so he can say, I'll just hand it to him afterwards.
[0:57] I'll say that, uh, here's a contribution.
[1:00] Here's, here's a, I ordered, I just, I ordered a personal contribution, but here's the one with the collector.
[1:05] I might as well start this off with.
[1:08] Do you know what I mean?
[1:10] And, uh, just get, yeah.
[1:14] Why don't you write a check for us today about how much?
[1:21] That's, that's a good one.
[1:23] That's enough.
[1:26] All right, five for $50, right?
[1:29] Right.
[1:30] And then, and get it from somebody around here.
[1:32] All right, good.
[1:37] Yeah.
[1:44] Yeah.
[2:06] Yeah, well, why don't you tell him for his information?
[2:10] And did you give him the amount?
[2:11] Did we just say that the President sent it?
[2:14] Well, I didn't give him the amount.
[2:17] Did you just say the President gave it from him?
[2:27] He took it down there yesterday.
[2:30] And that we have a beginning on this.
[2:34] Members of the White House, that's very true.
[2:50] Yeah.
[2:50] Yeah.
[2:51] Yeah.
[2:51] It's true that it's mine, actually.
[2:54] i i made a statement and i suggested we have a hard one for it right yeah yeah huh but then you go out with them and call them that's a huge you go away
[3:22] When he prepared his message early in the morning, you know, which I did to myself, then I got a move to say that I talked to you about it.
[3:32] You can say that I called you about it.
[3:34] The president talked to me about it and suggested that we get a hold of John Galbraith and say something could be done about it, a memorial fund.
[3:43] Okay.
[3:43] And you can call him.