Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 022-022
Date: Sunday, March 26, 1972 at 7:39 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-022

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[0:01] I'm sorry to disturb you, Mr. President.
[0:18] I just told Manola to take you a message that Mr.
[0:19] Beard had a heart attack following very sharp questioning from Senator Kennedy.
[0:22] He did?
[0:22] Yes, sir.
[0:22] A heart seizure.
[0:22] We don't know how serious.
[0:23] And I don't have any details.
[0:24] I do know that, according to the wires and according to our reports, that Ted Kennedy was engaged in a series of very...
[0:27] As the wires in the back get very awkward when you're questioning, a very sharp engagement between the two is going to be going to get interrupted as one question, and after adding a question, it's going to be passed down to the other party.
[0:53] So it's going to have to be a hell of a dramatic change, especially following Kevin's question.
[0:55] Yeah.
[0:55] You couldn't write a script like that without a jury book.
[0:57] Yeah, yeah.
[1:16] Well, it's a heart seizure.
[1:35] That's the doctor diagnosing it.
[1:39] That's the way they described it.
[1:40] The coralli had to be tested.
[1:41] A little while ago, I was trying to get the details.
[1:42] I couldn't.
[1:42] It happened about two hours ago.
[1:43] But I still think it was the details.
[1:43] I suppose that they're just trying to think of the way they're going to be able to play it.
[1:45] Correct.
[1:46] They're going to play it.
[1:46] No, I don't think so.
[1:47] They're not playing it that way.
[1:53] But she might die, of course.
[1:54] That's the reason it's hard for them to play that.
[2:11] Yeah.
[2:11] Yeah.
[2:13] What about the question that I said to you, I don't know what she said to you.
[2:24] I don't know.
[2:33] more you deal with what i probably will with it now but i just thought you'd be interested i wonder if he shouldn't get a few wires that one woman on your hands enough what i mean
[3:00] It really is true.
[3:16] Well, it is.
[3:24] Well, it is.
[3:24] Well, it is.
[3:25] Well, it is.
[3:29] Well, it is.
[3:29] Well, it is.
[3:30] is that representative of what is being recorded is very dramatic and very very important journey apparently
[4:07] I didn't want to interrupt you.
[4:32] I didn't want to interrupt you.
[4:33] Oh, no, no, no.
[4:33] That's very interesting.
[4:34] It could be a hell of a thing.
[4:35] That's right.
[4:35] I think tomorrow will be a hell of a thing.
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