Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 023-048
Date: Thursday, April 20, 1972 at 11:48 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan); Ehrlichman, John D.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan); Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-048

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:02] Hi.
[0:02] Just checking to see how the panda thing went.
[0:04] I've been in a meeting and so I... Oh, they were just darling.
[0:08] Everybody raved about them.
[0:12] How did it work?
[0:12] Were you able to get up to them?
[0:14] Do you cut them or things like that?
[0:16] Or they don't allow that?
[0:17] No, they're glass cage.
[0:20] But did they get a good picture of it, I hope?
[0:22] Well, there were an awfully lot of people there.
[0:25] Boy, it was well covered.
[0:26] Good, good.
[0:27] But a lot of interest in how the people seemed to enjoy it.
[0:30] I just, they got a good, I bet even the press was pleased.
[0:35] Yeah, I think so.
[0:36] Yeah.
[0:37] They all, they're comic little things, you know.
[0:41] Yeah, yeah.
[0:43] Do they really?
[0:44] Oh, yeah.
[0:45] They had a...
[0:47] uh structure inside the cage sort of wood you know and one of them climbed up there and sat up there and chewed his toast he had cinnamon toast it was a screen i hope they got it but there were so many i'm just not sure how well oh well they'll come back and get them and i'll have to be great