Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 020-110
Date: Monday, February 28, 1972 at 11:12 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Connally, John B.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-110

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:02] Well, Mr. President, we're happy to have you home.
[0:04] Well, we're glad to have you back home, too, but that was quite a welcome, wasn't it?
[0:10] It was a great welcome.
[0:11] You know, tragically, though, for those of us who were in that line back there, we couldn't hear a word you said.
[0:18] Really?
[0:18] Not a word.
[0:20] Well, you have to read it.
[0:27] It was a pretty good speech, actually.
[0:30] You couldn't hear it?
[0:31] I wonder what it was.
[0:33] The people in front heard, apparently, because... Well, I'll be darned.
[0:39] But we just reacted when they did, but those of us who were... All the cabinet were back then.
[0:43] None of us heard a word.
[0:45] I'll be damned.
[0:47] I'm sorry, but there wasn't anything we could do about it.
[0:50] Oh, well, that's all right.
[0:51] I'm sorry.
[0:52] I can repeat it at the cabinet meeting, then.
[0:56] How are you feeling?
[0:57] I feel just great.
[0:58] We're just delighted to be back.
[1:02] I must say, as I told you when you were kind enough to call on Sunday, that God, you just so completely dominated the news back here.
[1:09] It's just unbelievable.
[1:10] Well, actually, we had a
[1:13] The real story is this can't be told because they're important.
[1:34] I have to show them.
[1:34] I'll cover a little bit.
[1:35] But, boy, it was cold steel all the way.
[1:36] I'm sure that's right.
[1:36] Cold steel because I was tough and they were tough.
[1:37] That's the way it has to be, and that's the way we got the understanding.
[1:41] It was a real cold day.
[1:43] You would love to hurt him.
[1:45] I'll have Henry fill you in, because he can tell you a little better.
[1:48] All right.
[1:48] All right.
[1:49] Bye.
[1:50] Welcome home.