Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 022-150
Date: Sunday, April 16, 1972 at 10:55 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-150

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[0:01] Yeah.
[0:01] Miss Woods, sir.
[0:02] Yeah.
[0:05] Hello.
[0:06] Hello.
[0:06] Hi, Rose.
[0:07] What I was calling you about is now I've been put off for a while.
[0:11] We were thinking of going to Camp David for the afternoon, but there's a hell of a thunderstorm up there.
[0:17] Oh, I see.
[0:18] So we can't go.
[0:18] I was over there at the office around the left about 5 or 12 and went to church and came on home.
[0:25] No, no, I just called you to see if we, but we were going to go at 1 o'clock and we found we couldn't go.
[0:31] couldn't make it yeah it looks a little like there might be a thunderstorm somewhere well i just ran into arthur burns as i was coming back into my building oh yeah and he said you know he said i i just have to tell you that i am so proud he said i know that that this could this what the president's having to do now could be politically bad it's the only honorable honest
[0:53] Yeah.
[0:55] Good for him.
[0:55] He's done it, and he said, I've been telling everybody, he knows what the political consequences are.
[1:02] He was so proud he got tears in his eyes.
[1:04] I'm not worried about it.
[1:06] Political or not, we're not going to lose the war.
[1:11] That's the point.
[1:12] And we don't need to.
[1:13] That's the point.
[1:13] No, we don't.
[1:14] We're putting it all on the line, and they know it, too.
[1:18] Yeah, well, that's... We sure got those ships and planes in there now like nobody's business.
[1:23] Yeah.
[1:24] Well, anyway, if you would like to... Are you free this afternoon and evening or not?
[1:29] What is your situation?
[1:30] Sure, I'm just working on, you know... Fine.
[1:32] Well, why don't you stay free and we'll...
[1:34] If we're not, we'll have dinner here or maybe on the boat or go up there at 4, 3.30 or 4, but we'll see.
[1:39] Okay?
[1:39] Okay.
[1:39] I'll call you later.
[1:40] Bye.
[1:40] All right.
[1:41] Bye.