Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 005-140
Date: Wednesday, June 23, 1971 at 2:45 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); DuPont, Pierre S.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-140

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:01] I have Congressman DuPont.
[0:03] Yeah.
[0:04] Hello.
[0:05] Yes, sir.
[0:06] I just wanted to tell you that in talking with some of our people in the leadership up there who attended the caucus a couple, a few days ago, that they spoke of how very effectively you spoke and
[0:20] on that uh resolution that came up and i just wanted to express my appreciation well mr president it's hard to step up to these these tough ones like that and i i appreciate it and i i think in the end you're going to look pretty good because you know we're going to we're doing some things that people don't know about that will i think be very effective in this field
[0:38] Well, I certainly appreciate it.
[0:40] It is hard to step up sometimes.
[0:42] Sure, sure.
[0:43] Now in the middle of the Vietnam hearings, hearing testimony on all these resolutions, so we've got plenty of work coming.
[0:50] You're having a lot of fun, aren't you?
[0:51] Oh, yeah.
[0:52] It didn't turn out to be dull.
[0:53] You've got a good committee.
[0:54] No, it turned out very nicely.
[0:56] All right.
[0:57] Well, anyway, I appreciate it very much, Pete.
[0:59] Mr. President, I appreciate the call.
[1:01] Thank you.