Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 853-006
Date: Thursday, February 8, 1973 at 9:54 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/853-006

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[0:00] All right, Secretary Shultz has called me on early.
[0:09] I'll call him.
[0:10] I will call him.
[0:13] If we get into the other subject that I need to talk about, tell Early.
[0:18] Is Early going to call you?
[0:24] Yes, sir.
[0:24] Is Early going to call you?
[0:28] Yes, sir.
[0:31] I'll tell the secretary to stand by, that I want to get welfare reform out of the way first.
[0:49] And as soon as we get to tax and trade, I'll call them.
[0:55] But I want to discuss welfare reform.
[1:00] Get it out of the way first before it comes over.
[1:04] You tell her, get my shelter up and call her and say, the president wants to talk about welfare reform first.
[1:11] He should stand by.
[1:12] We'll probably take 25 minutes on that.
[1:15] And then we'll be ready for him.