Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 005-154
Date: Thursday, June 24, 1971 at 9:10 AM
Participants: White House operator; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ellington, Edward K. (Duke)
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-154

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:03] Mr. President.
[0:03] This is Haldeman.
[0:04] Oh, Mr. Haldeman, I have Mr. Duke Ellington on the line.
[0:07] Oh, just a second.
[0:08] All right.
[0:10] I'm just telling Mr. Haldeman about it.
[0:12] Just a second.
[0:13] Hi, Mr. Nelson.
[0:14] Yeah, I got Ellington.
[0:17] Just operator?
[0:17] Yes, Mr. Haldeman.
[0:18] Just a minute.
[0:18] All right, Mr. Haldeman.
[0:20] He's answering, yeah.
[0:21] Okay, he'll take the call.
[0:22] He'll take it.
[0:23] Thank you very much.
[0:25] Hello.
[0:26] Hello.
[0:29] I just wanted to wish you well on your trip to Russia.
[0:32] And also to tell you that I've had Len Garment working on that youth symphony, you know, the suggestion you had about their trip.
[0:42] And our problem there is that they're going to take a trip.
[0:48] The question is getting the places that they want to go.
[0:51] But he's giving top priority to it.
[0:53] But I want you to know that I don't think of anybody that will do a better job for this country and the Soviet Union than you will be, you will.
[1:01] And I'm just delighted that you can take the trip and give them that old style back there.
[1:07] Oh, thank you very much, Mr. President.
[1:10] I wanted to wish you a joyous post-anniversary.
[1:14] Thank you very much.
[1:15] Well, it was quite an affair, and we all enjoyed it.
[1:20] We never have an affair that people don't remember those days when you were there.
[1:27] That Ellington night will never be topped.
[1:31] It was beautiful.
[1:32] That's right.
[1:33] Well, we wish you the best.
[1:36] Thank you very much.