Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 019-054
Date: Monday, January 24, 1972 at 4:59 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); White, William S.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-054

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:01] Mr. White, sir.
[0:02] Yeah.
[0:04] Hello.
[0:04] Hello, Mr. President.
[0:05] Bill, I want you to know that I just learned from Pat Buchanan over the weekend that you'd been in the hospital, and I just wanted to wish you well and tell you that, well, it was probably...
[0:16] a great deal of discomfort that I never heard of anybody dying because of a back operation.
[0:24] So, how are you feeling?
[0:26] I'm fine now, Mr. President.
[0:27] I had a spinal fusion I'd been having for a long time, and they got rid of it, and I'm just fine.
[0:33] Does it help your headache thing, then?
[0:35] Yes, it's all over.
[0:36] Isn't that something?
[0:38] Those operations are...
[0:39] In the past, it's been pretty tricky.
[0:42] Well, it was a little tricky, and it held me up.
[0:44] It immobilized me a little longer than I'd expected.
[0:48] I was out seven weeks, but I've been back a couple of weeks, and everything's fine.
[0:53] Fine.
[0:53] Well, I'm sure glad to hear that, and we'll sure be looking forward to reading you.
[1:02] I always do.
[1:03] Thank you.
[1:03] Thank you very much.
[1:05] Very kind.