De færreste er klar over, at optagesystemet i Det Hvide Hus blev installeret af præsident Johnson til dels for at undgå at have en sekretær til samtlige møder og til dels for at få en registrering af enhver mundtlig aftale - - uanset hvor improviseret eller uformel den var.
What probably very few people realize is that the taping system in the White House was set up by my predecessor, President Johnson partly to avoid the necessity of having a secretary in every meeting and partly to ensure there was a record kept of every verbal agreement no matter how off the cuff or casual.