Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 023-109
Date: Tuesday, May 2, 1972 at 11:16 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Johnson, Lyndon B.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-109

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:01] President Johnson, sir.
[0:05] Hello.
[0:05] Hello.
[0:06] I was trying to reach you.
[0:07] I just announced the death of J. Edgar Hoover.
[0:10] And I just heard you.
[0:11] Right.
[0:12] And I know how much you thought of him, and I tried to reach you before, but you were out someplace.
[0:19] I'm very grateful, and I'm very sorry he's gone, and we'll be a big loss to our country.
[0:24] Well, one thing about it, you know, they were after him, and a lot of people were trying to get me to fire him, and I told him early this year, I said, look, this is no time to change directors because we'd have a hell of a fight in the Senate, and, you know, a political fight, and so at least he outlived his detractors.
[0:41] I hope.
[0:43] I hope so, too.
[0:44] He was a good man.
[0:48] I'm sorry to see him gone.
[0:49] He's my neighbor for a long time.
[0:51] I know that.
[0:52] Thank you so much.
[0:54] Bye.
[0:55] Okay.