Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 021-052
Date: Monday, March 13, 1972 at 11:21 AM
Participants: Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Stuart, Constance M.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-052

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:01] Hello.
[0:01] Connie?
[0:02] Hi, Bob Haldeman.
[0:03] Yes, sir.
[0:04] The President wants you to know that at the morning briefing we're going to announce that the President and Mrs. Nixon have decided that the two pandas should go to the National Zoo.
[0:13] Yay!
[0:14] And this is, of course, Mrs. Nixon.
[0:18] talked with him about that you should you should cover that that she strongly recommended that they uh be at the national zoo he wants to hang in on her okay to the two of them and and uh then so when uh you ought to work out something that when they arrive she goes out to take a look because she saw their quarters at the uh peking zoo and so she could check out to be sure it's all okay have you now that you brought it up any idea at all when the pandas might arrive
[0:44] i think around april 1st oh good we're not sure yet that's ducky we're not sure well we don't know exactly what it'll be a slow plane from china yeah okay oh that's fun thank you very much just a second wait a minute
[1:09] make the point that she had been to see the pandas there, that after seeing them there and talking to the people there and all that, she felt strongly that they should be in the Washington, in the National Zoo in Washington, as they are in the Peking Zoo in China.
[1:25] And also that the climate thing seemed to be
[1:30] pretty good here.
[1:31] The president's saying that, too.
[1:33] They are at the briefing here.
[1:37] Okay.
[1:38] Excellente.
[1:39] Okay.