Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 017-038
Date: Friday, December 24, 1971 at 5:40 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Stans, Maurice H.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-038

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:09] Mr. President, Secretary Stan.
[0:22] Yeah.
[0:22] Mr. President, sir.
[0:25] Hello.
[0:25] Maury, I just called to wish you and Catalina a Merry Christmas.
[0:26] Are you in Washington?
[0:26] Isn't that great.
[0:27] I hope the weather is better there than here.
[0:28] Good.
[0:28] Good.
[0:28] Have you got a little cold?
[0:30] I can tell, yeah.
[0:37] Well, that'll knock it out for you.
[0:53] Yeah, is Mulcahy there?
[0:55] I see.
[0:55] Yeah.
[0:55] I see.
[0:56] Yeah.
[0:56] Yeah.
[0:56] Oh, that's right.
[0:56] Right.
[0:56] Good.
[0:56] Right.
[0:57] Good.
[0:57] Good.
[0:57] Well, then we'll see you in about two weeks.
[0:58] Well...
[0:58] Stay out there and have a little rest.
[1:00] Okay.
[1:03] After all, you've been to Russia and everything.
[1:05] You need to recover.
[1:09] Don't eat any caviar.
[1:24] Well, that's always their line, and it will continue to be, but we've got our own fish to fry, and we will fry them at the right time, too.
[1:35] But it's being handled extremely well, and your trip was just right, and now we've got to sell it to them.
[1:46] Okay, well, give our very best to Kathleen and everybody else.
[1:49] All right, bye.