Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 867-022
Date: Friday, March 2, 1973 at 4:08 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Finger, Harold; Finger, Harold (Mrs.)
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/867-022

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[0:00] You're Mrs. Carol's finger?
[0:02] Well, hello, Harvey.
[0:05] We thought we'd better get a picture of the view before you left here.
[0:10] Well, we're just waiting around for Tuesday.
[0:12] Come on over here.
[0:12] Stand on the right.
[0:15] We've got this all set up on some kind of a run of flies.
[0:25] I'm sorry.
[0:25] I'm sorry.
[0:25] I'm sorry.
[0:26] I'm sorry.
[0:27] I'm sorry.
[0:28] I'm sorry.
[0:31] Yeah, I saw it generally.
[0:32] And I think that's an area that really needs attention.
[0:36] You know, we're going to do the cross-fertilization of all the separate people in government.
[0:39] If you've been in for a while, you can get back and move back.
[0:47] Because otherwise you've got a distorted view.
[0:50] And they need to see a review over there, too.
[0:52] People need to hear what the government's all about.
[0:57] I know that.
[0:59] I have experiments, and I don't...
[1:05] I mean, I'm a bargain car.
[1:07] You know, I'm big.
[1:08] I mean, I helped him.
[1:11] In 29 years?
[1:12] Almost.
[1:12] You must have started as a kid.
[1:15] Well, I started in 1944.
[1:16] It's been, I was in NASA in the 80s, too.
[1:19] And all of that ties together, really, for this opportunity.
[1:23] Where do you, where are you stationed now?
[1:25] In New York?
[1:25] No, we're going to set up a Center for Energy Systems here in Washington.
[1:29] I also have an operation, an engineering operation that's connected.
[1:35] so you should get a lot of money for that thank you very much
[1:58] I know.
[1:58] He's right.
[1:59] Very good advice.
[2:01] Thank you.