On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-029 of the White House Tapes.
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Mr. President?
Yeah.
Yes, I'm sorry, sir.
I have Mrs. Mamie Eisner for you.
Oh, fine.
Uh-huh.
There you are.
Hello.
Hi.
Well, I just called to see how you're doing.
Well, I'll tell you, Mr. President, I think I'm much better.
Uh-huh.
They're keeping up the antibiotics today.
Yeah.
But he says that I've got to stay in here for several more days.
Oh.
But I am in the Johnson suite, and I'm just as comfortable as... Are you in Austin?
No, I'm in San Antonio.
San Antonio.
I got to Fort Sam Houston.
I got to Brooke General.
Oh, I see.
I knew it was in...
I see.
Well, I was very lucky.
Well, that's fine.
I left Dallas a day early because I was feeling so wretchedly.
And I couldn't get my breath.
So when I got here, it was the same sort of bronchial thing that I had, you know, in Europe.
Oh, I see.
And the same as in Walter Reed.
Oh, yeah.
If I hadn't gotten here that day, I probably would have had pneumonia.
Boy.
So I think we've got a pretty well lick.
Well, the cops told me about it.
You had the fluid in your lungs and in your legs.
Yes, they've had a terrible time trying to get that out.
Yeah, my God.
So it scared the living daylights out of me, I can tell you.
Well, tell me how is the, but they're nice there, aren't they, the people?
Wonderful, Mr. President.
They couldn't be nicer.
Isn't that great?
Well, it was good you were near a place where you had some good folks.
Well, you see, that's one reason.
I know when I get to the Iron Post, my folks will take care of me.
Yeah, your folks.
That's right.
That's right.
It is an Army post, isn't it?
Oh, this is a tremendous place.
And this is where I myself, you know, our first quarters, you know.
Is that right?
This is our first station.
Yes, yes.
He was here in Pearl Harbor.
Yeah.
Right to Washington.
Yeah, yeah.
So this is old stamping ground.
Right.
Well, you're going to go on by train now, huh?
Well, we're trying.
They're trying to get a fix so I can't.
I see.
I don't think they quite have it made yet.
You wouldn't want to take a plane.
I could have that little jet star take you out.
Oh, I'd have close before we hit the first water.
All right.
Okay.
All right.
Do you mind if I call you Dick once, please?
That's all right.
Yeah, I got you.
Well, okay.
I don't want to put your neck in the noose on anything down here, you see.
Yeah.
So that anything we do, we want to do...
Well, that's all right.
Well, there's no problem on that at all.
You're entitled to it.
We want you to have the best.
Yeah, we want you to have the best.
They'll give you the best, too.
I know, I know.
Good, good.
They couldn't be.
Well, you tell all those nurses and doctors I call, will you?
Oh, will I ever.
Okay.
I will.
We'll see you a week from Saturday.
That's right.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
It's longer than that.
No, it's about a month.
A month from Saturday.
I mean, yeah.
And I'm trying to get out there hook or crook because that's the one thing I've started for.
You'll make it.
You'll make it.
Good.
Thank you very much.
You sound great.
Bye.
I'm improving.
Oh, sure.
I can tell.
But they're going to keep me here until they're sure.
You stay till they tell you.
Okay.
Well, I've accepted.
Bye.
Bye-bye.