Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 018-051
Date: Monday, January 10, 1972 at 5:21 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dole, Robert J.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-051

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:01] Senator Robert Dole, sir.
[0:03] Hello?
[0:03] On the line, sir.
[0:04] Mr. President?
[0:05] I'm just returning your call.
[0:07] I was out last night.
[0:09] Well, you had a good day yesterday.
[0:11] Yeah, well, Mrs. Nixon did a hell of a job.
[0:13] I understand.
[0:14] She got a great reception when she returned, which she deserved.
[0:17] I didn't expect you to return my call.
[0:19] It's one to extend you best wishes for a good year.
[0:23] Well, are you in Kansas?
[0:24] I'm in Miami.
[0:25] Miami.
[0:27] Oh, boy.
[0:28] That's too bad.
[0:29] Yeah, it's too bad.
[0:29] I called B.B.
[0:30] Rabozo before I came down to get the weather report.
[0:32] He said it's going to be all right.
[0:33] Well, give him a call and go over and see him.
[0:36] Talk a little politics.
[0:37] Why don't you do that?
[0:38] I might do that.
[0:38] He's a good guy.
[0:39] Yeah, well, you call him and go out to dinner with him.
[0:42] I'll be down here tonight and tomorrow night.
[0:44] Well, fine.
[0:45] He'll enjoy seeing you, and he's totally reliable on Florida.
[0:49] Right.
[0:49] Totally reliable.
[0:50] It might be a good thing to do.
[0:51] Yeah.
[0:52] Are you feeling all right?
[0:53] I'm feeling good.
[0:54] Fine.
[0:54] Well, you get ready for the big battle of the next year.
[0:57] We're going to have – I'm working.
[1:00] I'm sort of going out of communication for a week while I prepare the State of the Union.
[1:04] See, that's on the 20th.
[1:06] 20th, and then we have our big cabinet dinner that night, so we'll get everybody.
[1:10] I'm going to expand that to include the top people in the White House, too, so that everybody, a big family, kind of an affair, you know.
[1:19] Right.
[1:19] That's when we're going to say goodbye to Morris fans, too, for your information.
[1:23] Right.
[3:20] Thank you.