Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 020-057
Date: Tuesday, February 8, 1972 at 12:28 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Riland, H. Walter
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-057
National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417192795 (NAID 417192795)

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:01] Mr. President, Mr. Walter Ryland for you.
[0:05] Yeah.
[0:07] Hello.
[0:08] Hello.
[0:08] I just called to wish you a happy birthday, Mr. Ryland.
[0:12] Well, Mr. President, this is a high honor.
[0:15] Well, your son has been taking good care of us down here, and he told me you were 90 today, and I said, well, that gave him hope to live just that long.
[0:24] We hope he does and that you live on to 100.
[0:26] Well, that's my prayer, that he outlives me by many years.
[0:31] Right.
[0:31] I got your wonderful letter the other day.
[0:34] Yes, sir.
[0:35] And I am very much indebted to you, and I appreciate it very highly.
[0:40] Well, we like the Rylands, and I just want to hope you have a great day.
[0:45] I thank you.
[0:47] I'm having quite a session here with telephone calls.
[0:51] I bet you are.
[0:52] And the church.
[0:53] That's right.
[0:54] Family and everything.
[0:56] So I'm going to be taken out to luncheon.
[0:58] Great.
[0:58] And I wish you a very successful trip across the sea.
[1:03] Thank you very much.
[1:04] Thank you.
[1:05] Bye.
[1:06] Bye now.
[1:06] Thank you.