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Conversation 867-022

TapeTape 867StartFriday, March 2, 1973 at 4:08 PMEndFriday, March 2, 1973 at 5:05 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Finger, Harold;  Finger, Harold (Mrs.)Recording deviceOval Office
AudioNARA 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.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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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.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
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.
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