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SY:
Hm hmm.
CS: You know, we operate like she does. She's a very warm
and generous and gracious woman. She's very efficient,
she's very businesslike. But very down to earth, very
open, so we like to think that's how we operate too.
SY: Hm hmm. Where are your files, other than in the First
Lady's file section of Central Files?
CS: I'm not very good on knowing files.
SY:
Where's the
CS: I did not personally keep much up here in my office,
specifically, at all. My assistant, of course, my
secretary, kept all those files and she only has a
little file cabinet there, and when it got too full she
sent them all (quote) to Central Files (unquote). So
I
think that's where my files are, anything that would
really be under my name, in Mrs. Nixon's section.
SY: Hm hmm.
CS: So, my files are limited, really. Things that I do
either ended up in the press office, or the
appointments office, or the social office, or someplace
else. And there wasn't a lot of need to maintain a lot
of files here, in my shop specifically, because I
always operated on the basis, off my desk and onto
yours [laughter]. So that, you know, there was no
sense my keeping terribly extensive files here.
SY: will most of your activities be documented in the files
and be attributed to you or to other staff members who
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