Conversation 035-116

TapeTape 35StartTuesday, January 9, 1973 at 3:24 PMEndTuesday, January 9, 1973 at 3:25 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Romney, Lenore L.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone

On January 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Lenore L. Romney talked on the telephone from 3:24 pm to 3:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-116 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 35-116

Date: January 9, 1973
Time: 3:24 pm - 3:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Lenore L. Romney.

[See Conversation No. 401-16A]

       The President's attempt to call George W. Romney

      George Romney’s housing speech [at National Association of Home Builders meeting in
Houston, January 8, 1973]
            -The President's congratulations
            -Subsidies
            -Necessity

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Mr. President, I have Mrs. Romney now.
Hello.
Thank you.
Mrs. Romney, the President.
Hello.
Hello.
I tried to reach George, and he's on his way back from Texas, but you can pass the message to him.
I just wanted to tell him that that was a fine, courageous speech he made on housing down there.
And we had to bite that bullet, and I appreciated his doing it for us.
Thank you, Mr. President.
He'll really appreciate it.
I know that he'd worked on it all day yesterday with, you know, working out the things with the people here, but we had to do subsidies and so forth.
And I know he became convinced it was the right thing to do, but it was still a darn courageous thing to do.
And he didn't have to do it, so I appreciated it.
Thank you.
I appreciate your calling, and I know he will.
All right.
Thanks very much.