Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 018-097
Date: Monday, January 17, 1972 at 7:50 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rebozo, Charles G. ("Bebe")
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-097
National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417192287 (NAID 417192287)

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[0:00] REBOZO: Hello, Mr. President.
[0:04] NIXON: Hi, Bebe.
[0:05] REBOZO: Hi, how are you sir?
[0:07] NIXON: Well, sir, you're the Dolphins didn't quite make it, huh?
[0:10] REBOZO: Well, gee, they're the Dallas was just a lot better football team, I guess, that day, you know?
[0:16] NIXON: Yeah. When they—when Csonka fumbled the ball, it broke their back, didn't it?
[0:20] REBOZO: Yeah, and they had three fumbles, wasn't it, in the first half?
[0:24] NIXON: Yeah, that was the thing, you know.
[0:26] REBOZO: [unintelligible]
[0:27] NIXON: Remember Csonka hadn't fumbled in 400 and some rushes. He got a bad hand off from Griese and he lost it right in the Dallas [unintelligible]
[0:36] REBOZO: Well, Dallas has won in 10 consecutive games, and they haven't had more than seven points scored against them. I don't know the exact figure, but they're—they're really a super team.
[0:48] NIXON: Sure they are. But Miami'll be better next year. They're a very young team.
[0:52] REBOZO: They are a young team, yeah. They're good, they have great, the, city really gave them a good welcome, too.
[0:58] NIXON: Oh, yes, I'm glad to hear that.
[1:00] REBOZO: Yeah. What are you doing?
[1:02] NIXON: Where are you? In Key Biscayne?
[1:04] REBOZO: Yeah.
[1:05] NIXON: Yeah. Well, good.
[1:07] REBOZO: You're coming down soon?
[1:08] NIXON: Yeah, we're planning to come Thursday night. Does that sound all right?
[1:12] REBOZO: That sounds great. Bob still here, you know.
[1:15] NIXON: Oh, he is? He's not going up?
[1:17] REBOZO: No, he's here. I'm having dinner with him tonight, and [unintelligible]
[1:21] NIXON: Well, fine. Give him my regards. Julie and Tricia were so happy with the elephant, wait, the elephant, the elephant. Wait. [unintelligible] the leopard.
[1:30] REBOZO: Yeah.
[1:31] NIXON: Bob on television last night, on American Sportsman.
[1:34] REBOZO: Did they see him?
[1:35] NIXON: Yeah.
[1:36] REBOZO: Yeah. He said he was going to be on. He looks pretty good, huh?
[1:38] NIXON: Yeah, he was very good. Tell him they saw him and were so excited about it. Did you see it?
[1:44] REBOZO: No, I missed it, darn it.
[1:45] NIXON: Julie said it was great, absolutely great. Well, that's fine.
[1:49] REBOZO: Boy, the temperature is 80 degrees today.
[1:51] NIXON: Really?
[1:52] REBOZO: Yeah, it's really beautiful.
[1:54] NIXON: How's the primary look down there?
[1:56] REBOZO: Oh, it's a circus. It really is. Muskie—
[2:01] NIXON: Did he come down?
[2:02] REBOZO: He came in. Hubert came in. Gosh, every Democrat has been around here. Muskie came out against the space shuttle, and of course he's running right around the Cape, you know, and that went over like a lead balloon.
[2:15] NIXON: Good.
[2:16] REBOZO: Hubert came out for the space shuttle, which didn't do him any good because, you know, we had announced that before. You had.
[2:23] NIXON: Right, yeah.
[2:24] REBOZO: And, it's just—Wallace is down here now.
[2:29] NIXON: Is he getting big crowds?
[2:31] REBOZO: He's down at the beach today, yeah. He got a pretty big crowd.
[2:34] NIXON: Yeah, he'll be an effect down there, too.
[2:36] REBOZO: Oh, they're going to tear themselves up, I think.
[2:38] NIXON: Yeah, well, in each of those states, let them do it. We've got work to do.
[2:42] REBOZO: That's right.
[2:43] NIXON: Yeah.
[2:44] REBOZO: What time you planning on coming Thursday?
[2:45] NIXON: Probably late in the afternoon, maybe leave here around 5:00 and be down about 7:00, something like that.
[2:52] REBOZO: Great.
[2:53] NIXON: Alright, and tell, give, Bob our very best, and Julie says he was a hero.
[2:57] REBOZO: I sure will. I'll see him about half an hour.
[2:59] NIXON: Okay, boy.
[3:00] REBOZO: Thank you, sir.
[3:01] NIXON: Bye.
[3:02] REBOZO: Bye.