Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 009-085
Date: Sunday, September 19, 1971 at 6:58 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Brooke, Edward W.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-085

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[0:01] Hello?
[0:04] Mr. President, I have Senator Edwards.
[0:07] Fine.
[0:07] Hello, Ed?
[0:09] Fine.
[0:10] Over the weekend, I had a chance to read your speech of the 17th, and I've been at Camp David, and I just want you to know I just greatly appreciated what you had to say.
[0:20] And I know that you had to step up to some hard ones there, and I just want you to know how much I appreciated it.
[0:30] And I think that there are some events coming up which we don't need to discuss, but in the next couple of months, which will be encouraging.
[0:40] We hope, at least.
[0:44] Yeah.
[0:48] How have you been, Ed?
[0:48] How have you been?
[0:51] Yeah.
[0:53] Boy, I know, I know.
[0:54] When Colson told me, I said, my God, you're...
[0:59] tough one to go through is it virus and pneumonia yeah so that didn't you take it take penicillin i suppose yeah and of course you got to remember that if you didn't have penicillin you'd probably be dead it used to kill that's right bill rogers incidentally uh told me that when he was in the service he got right after you know after
[1:27] Or at least during 45, he had viral pneumonia.
[1:33] And for three or four days, penicillin saved him.
[1:37] So I guess it happens to all you fellows that have to take these big things.
[1:43] Well, you take care.
[1:47] Good to talk to you, Ed.
[1:48] Bye.