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Conversation 226-022

TapeTape 226StartFriday, November 17, 1972 at 8:53 PMEndFriday, November 17, 1972 at 8:56 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Keyes, Paul W.Recording deviceCamp David Hard Wire
AI Summary

President Nixon and television producer Paul W. Keyes coordinate a post-Thanksgiving trip to Florida for a period of relaxation. During the brief planning discussion, the two touched upon the electoral success of the 1972 campaign, with Nixon noting that his margin surpassed that of Lyndon Johnson. The conversation concluded with the pair firming up travel logistics for their upcoming getaway.

1972 election resultstravel planningFloridaPaul Keyesrecreation
AudioNARA Description

On November 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:53 pm to 8:56 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 226-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 226-22

Date: November 17, 1972
Time: 8:53 pm - 8:56 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with Paul W. Keyes.

[See Conversation No. 153-55]
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Paul, how are you?
How are things going out there?
You know, on, uh, the day after Thanksgiving, I'm going down to, uh, uh, Mary Key.
You've been there, isn't it?
What?
You can get off for that, uh, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
I'll have them all.
Keep your repose of it.
And, you know, you and I will go down there and have a little fun.
What we should do is take the plane so that you arrive, let me see, arrive at Thanksgiving, no, go to Florida, that's the best thing, and then leave you at MCP there Thanksgiving night again, and from there we'll go over to Walker's and we'll, you know, we have nothing to do except just to relax and
I hope you've got a couple of little jokes.
He'll love the election.
We're going to get, I think, a bigger overall margin.
Well, the margin is bigger than Johnson's.
But overall, we're going to get a bigger percentage.
You've got 61.1, I think, or 61.2.
I deliberately played it, you know, very low-key and all that, because that was right next to me.
People of California think the whole thing, I suppose.
Many of your friends do.
Really?
Well, then we'll see in, uh... Well, we're going to leave.
I don't arrive there until, uh,
I would go down there, let's see, uh, Friday morning, the day after Thanksgiving.
But if we could get there, say, Thursday night or Friday morning, that would be fine.
But it's the next party.
Okay, well...
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