Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 015-129
Date: Tuesday, November 23, 1971 at 7:16 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; MacGregor, Clark
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-129

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:04] Mr. McGregor, sir.
[0:05] Mr. President, I already got the news.
[0:20] That was a great vote.
[0:20] One of the things that I wanted to stress to you, first, I wanted to be a bringer of good news, but the party division was very helpful, Mr. President, and shows a very good trend.
[0:24] 37 Republicans voting with you to support your position, only five against.
[0:25] Great.
[0:26] The Democrats divided 34 to 17 against you.
[0:27] So the Democrats 2-1 against you.
[0:43] The Republicans almost 8-1 for you.
[0:44] So this is a thing I've been working on, and this is a darn good development, I tell you.
[0:46] That's a very good development.
[0:46] It really is.
[0:47] And a very good day in the care for the next few months, I think.
[0:49] Right.
[0:49] The spirit is good, and you're very nice to call me back, sir.
[0:51] You certainly didn't need to.
[0:52] The guys were happy about it, weren't they?
[0:52] Oh, yeah.
[0:53] And Cooper Church may not come up, huh?
[0:53] It may not come up at all.
[0:54] John Sherman Cooper, I talked to him twice this afternoon.
[0:56] He is not going to be a party.
[1:08] He will not bring it up.
[1:09] He will not be a party to bringing it up.
[1:11] And Frank Church deserves a lost heart.
[1:11] We haven't heard anything about a Church Cooper amendment.
[1:17] He's not filed it.
[1:17] And time is going short, so perhaps we won't have one at all.
[1:18] What's the situation tomorrow?
[1:19] What time are they going to get out?
[1:20] Well, they're talking, Mr. President, about staying in to finish tonight.
[1:21] And if they do, it'll probably be 10.30 or 11 o'clock tonight before they finish.
[1:23] And they'll have no business with any consequence tomorrow.
[1:24] Probably just a perfunctory session.
[1:25] And we'll probably be out by 1 or 1.30.
[1:26] Oh, really?
[1:28] Yes.
[1:28] I hope to God that's true, then I can take off a little earlier.
[1:35] Well, I can call back and leave a message there.
[1:38] Oh, you call back whenever it is.
[1:39] We'll know before 10 o'clock.
[1:40] Okay, give me a call, will you?
[1:42] All right, sir.
[1:42] Thank you.
[1:43] Thank you for calling.
[1:44] Give my best to Anna Chanel.
[1:45] Is she there?
[1:46] Yes, she's right here.
[1:47] I'll talk to her, yeah.
[1:48] Just a second, please.
[2:05] Hello.
[2:07] How are you?
[2:09] Mr. President?
[2:15] Yes.
[2:15] Oh, we are raising money for the Air Force.
[2:18] You know, we believe in defense.
[2:19] That's great.
[2:20] And so very kind of you.
[2:20] Well, you've been a great friend.
[2:24] And you've been doing a wonderful job.
[2:25] And you know that we're, you know, we appreciate everything you've done through the years.
[2:30] Wow.
[2:31] Just tell everybody to have confidence in what I'm doing.
[2:42] All right, I shall.
[2:43] And we keep on fighting and give you 100% support, Mr. President.
[2:54] Well, you're a great lady.
[2:54] We appreciate it.
[2:55] Thank you, Mr. President.
[2:56] I'll call later if we can get worried about an early adjournment.
[2:57] If you do, bye.
[2:57] Thank you, sir.
[2:58] Bye.