Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 024-023
Date: Monday, May 8, 1972 at 10:23 PM
Participants: Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Rebozo, Charles G. ("Bebe")
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-023

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[0:01] Hello.
[0:02] Hello.
[0:02] Baby, Bob.
[0:03] Robert, how are you?
[0:04] Pretty good.
[0:05] President wanted to know if you watched TV tonight at all.
[0:07] You're damn right I watched it.
[0:08] You did, huh?
[0:10] Oh, boy.
[0:10] He figured you probably didn't bother.
[0:12] Well, I want to tell you, you can tell him that the damn phone's been ringing off the hook.
[0:17] But all your girlfriends calling you?
[0:19] I tell you, it's really been remarkable.
[0:21] Honest to God, you wouldn't... Really?
[0:23] You always get some calls after speeches.
[0:26] But this one here...
[0:28] Really rocked them.
[0:29] Really?
[0:30] You're getting more than you usually get?
[0:32] Much more than usual, yeah.
[0:33] I'll be darned.
[0:35] What are they saying?
[0:36] Well, one fellow who the president knows, Sloan McCray, is a very able fellow.
[0:40] He doesn't usually call me.
[0:41] McCray?
[0:42] Yeah, he tells me later.
[0:44] But he said, I don't want to take your time because your phone's been busy.
[0:46] I know you're busy.
[0:47] I just want to tell you, this has to be the greatest American president in my lifetime.
[0:53] Here's a fellow who's a lifelong Democrat.
[0:56] He says he's the greatest president in his lifetime.
[0:58] The greatest American president in his lifetime.
[1:00] I'll tell you, it has been.
[1:02] One woman called, and I didn't have the heart to find out who it was.
[1:04] I didn't know whether she was drunk or too emotional.
[1:07] She called and said that she couldn't get Western Union to send him a telegram.
[1:10] Why, because it was busy?
[1:11] Yeah.
[1:12] Good.
[1:13] I said, well, you keep trying.
[1:15] She said, well, I've been trying.
[1:16] I can't get them.
[1:17] And the goddamn Western Union, that's a real problem.
[1:20] We had that before.
[1:21] Yeah.
[1:22] Tell him to keep trying, though.
[1:25] I did.
[1:26] I did.
[1:27] No, I tell you, this is just unreal, but it's just tremendous.
[1:32] He said to tell you he'd be down this weekend.
[1:34] Great.
[1:35] Great.
[1:36] Early, I hope.
[1:37] Yeah.
[1:38] Yeah.
[1:38] Probably.
[1:39] No, it really was fabulous.
[1:41] Good.
[1:41] Fabulous.
[1:42] Good.
[1:43] Tell him you're...
[1:44] Okay.
[1:45] Thanks, B.B.
[1:45] Bye-bye.