Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 867 › Conversation 867-022

Nixon & Finger on General Electric and NASA

Friday, March 2, 1973 · 4:08 PM–5:05 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Finger, Harold; Finger, Harold (Mrs.)Conversation867-022 on Tape 867StartFriday, March 2, 1973 at 4:08 PMEndFriday, March 2, 1973 at 5:05 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 867-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Harold and Mrs. Finger in the Oval Office to discuss Finger's upcoming move to a new job with General Electric. The conversation touched upon Finger's distinguished career in government, including his time at NASA and the Atomic Energy Commission, and the President expressed his appreciation for Finger's service and performance. They also discussed the importance of cross-fertilization between government and private industry, with Finger's new role involving the establishment of an energy systems center in Washington.

Harold Finger
Mrs. Harold Finger
Richard Nixon
General Electric
NASA
Atomic Energy Commission
Government-Industry Exchange
Energy Systems Center

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You're Mrs. Carol's finger?

Well, hello, Harvey.

We thought we'd better get a picture of the view before you left here.

Well, we're just waiting around for Tuesday.

Come on over here.

Stand on the right.

We've got this all set up on some kind of a run of flies.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, I saw it generally.

And I think that's an area that really needs attention.

You know, we're going to do the cross-fertilization of all the separate people in government.

If you've been in for a while, you can get back and move back.

Because otherwise you've got a distorted view.

And they need to see a review over there, too.

People need to hear what the government's all about.

I know that.

I have experiments, and I don't...

I mean, I'm a bargain car.

You know, I'm big.

I mean, I helped him.

In 29 years?

Almost.

You must have started as a kid.

Well, I started in 1944.

It's been, I was in NASA in the 80s, too.

And all of that ties together, really, for this opportunity.

Where do you, where are you stationed now?

In New York?

No, we're going to set up a Center for Energy Systems here in Washington.

I also have an operation, an engineering operation that's connected.

so you should get a lot of money for that thank you very much

I know.

He's right.

Very good advice.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Harold Finger, and Mrs. Harold Finger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:08 pm and 5:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 867-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 867-22

Date: March 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:08 pm and 5:05 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Finger.

       Photographs
            -Arrangement
            -Flags

       New job with General Electric [GE]
            -Change of job
                 -Need for exchange between government and private industry

       Finger's career
            -National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]
            -Atomic Energy Commission [AEC] [?]

       Finger's new job
            -Location
            -Duties

       Finger's performance
            -President's appreciation
            -Charles J. DiBona

Mr. and Mrs. Finger left.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 867-022, March 2, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/867-022 (accessed October 12, 2026).