Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 021-056
Date: Monday, March 13, 1972 at 5:11 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-056
National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/646310112 (NAID 646310112)

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[0:00] NIXON: Oh.
[0:02] THELMA C. ("PAT") NIXON: Yeah. Hi, Dick.
[0:03] NIXON: I just wanted to be sure you knew that uh we called Connie's office and told her that uh it'd be fine when we announce it that uh We announced today that the pandas would go to the Washington
[0:11] THELMA C. ("PAT") NIXON: Yeah, I got the word.
[0:13] NIXON: this place. And I think it's fine. Everybody was pleased with it, and uh the weather's good here. It's so Not quite as cold as it probably ought to- it could be, you know, but it's, but they can live in this kind of weather. And so, it's a good story, and we said that uh you and I both had uh had uh had we had decided that should come here.
[0:32] NIXON: One thought that we thought was very good and when they get here, we don't know when it is, but around the first of April, if you're here, it'd be awfully nice if you'd go out, you know, [crosstalk] and look
[0:45] THELMA C. ("PAT") NIXON: Oh, yeah. I'd like to.
[0:47] NIXON: and uh Well, to see whether they are in the same kind of habitat basically, and you know, and uh it's- it'll be it's it's going to be a hell of a story. When I s- swore in uh Marina Whitman today, you know, the new member of the Council of Economic Advisers, I Her two children were here. And mind you, they were bug-eyed, and I told them about the pandas. They all want to go out and see the pandas. I said, "Well, they'll be out in April 1st." So, that's a big story.
[1:04] THELMA C. ("PAT") NIXON: Yeah.
[1:06] NIXON: And uh so, fine. Fine. Okay. Uh I'm going to be I'm going to stay here tonight to work with Ehrlichman and uh and uh Ed Morgan on the busing statement, so I won't be over for dinner, so you can get something there on the TV, or something, or
[1:19] THELMA C. ("PAT") NIXON: Sure.
[1:20] NIXON: anything you like.
[1:20] THELMA C. ("PAT") NIXON: Okay.
[1:21] NIXON: Okay. Good. I'll have Manolo come over and pick it up. Okay. Bye.
[1:23] THELMA C. ("PAT") NIXON: Okay. Bye.