Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 019-038
Date: Thursday, January 20, 1972 at 6:06 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Finch, Robert H.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-038

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:01] Mr. Finch, Mr. President.
[0:03] Okay.
[0:05] There you are.
[0:06] This ring is constantly supposed to... Hello.
[0:09] Yes, sir.
[0:10] Well, I just wanted to say I was so sorry to learn from Alex you had to stay in bed, but I wish you well, and I'll tell Carol to drink your booze.
[0:17] That's fair enough.
[0:18] Right, right.
[0:19] That was a hell of a speech.
[0:20] Yeah.
[0:21] It went very well.
[0:21] Yeah.
[0:22] You didn't get down, did you?
[0:23] No, sir.
[0:24] I watched it on television.
[0:25] Thank God.
[0:25] Don't go.
[0:26] Don't ever go to those bands.
[0:27] There was such a pain in the neck.
[0:29] No, it went very well.
[0:29] You got a monkey right in their back.
[0:32] Well, you know, I decided to be very conciliatory in the rest, but then that lays it open for us to draw the sword four or five months from now when they haven't done a damn thing.
[0:43] I like the reference of Truman, and that was good stuff.
[0:46] Truman, yeah, yeah.
[0:48] That I support, which I did.
[0:51] I supported his darn programs.
[0:53] What do you got, the flu again, Bob?
[0:54] It's an infection in the ear.
[0:56] It started with that damn virus.
[0:58] In the ear?
[0:59] Yeah.
[1:00] It makes you a little bit dizzy, and I've got to get it knocked out.
[1:03] They gave me some more antibiotics yesterday.
[1:05] Oh, boy.
[1:06] You take care.
[1:07] You take care.
[1:08] After all, on the 20th, this is the beginning of the fourth quarter, so we've got to score a couple of touchdowns.
[1:15] We're going to go all the way.
[1:16] Okay.
[1:16] Yes, sir.