Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 031-134
Date: Wednesday, October 18, 1972 at 7:55 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Thurmond, Strom
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-134

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:01] Senator Thurmond, sir.
[0:03] Preston's on the line.
[0:05] Hello?
[0:06] Uh, hello?
[0:07] Congratulations.
[0:08] Well, thank you, Mr. President.
[0:09] And give my very best to that beautiful wife and that wonderful son you have.
[0:15] And, uh, just appreciate through all these times the way that you've stood by us and, uh, kind of, uh, whatever happens this, uh,
[0:27] You can be sure that Strom Thurmond played a great role in it.
[0:31] Well, thank you very much.
[0:33] And I want to tell you that in all of my meetings over the state, wherever I go, I have taken occasions to praise the magnificent job you're doing.
[0:43] Well, Strom, you've helped enormously and I do appreciate it.
[0:51] And I just hope everything's going well there at the hospital.
[0:54] Right.
[0:56] That's right.
[1:03] You tell her I weighed nine and a half pounds.
[1:07] Okay.
[1:09] Those were the days before they found out how to reduce the weight.
[1:12] All right.