Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 036-065
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 1973 at 9:10 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kennedy, Richard T. (Col.)
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-065

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:01] Colonel Kennedy.
[0:02] Hello.
[0:03] Good morning, Mr. President.
[0:05] What's the report from Paris?
[0:06] I haven't got it yet, sir.
[0:08] As a matter of fact, I was just on my way down to the office General Scoprock was in, and I was on my way down now.
[0:14] I see.
[0:15] Oh, fine, fine.
[0:16] I'll be down there in about 10 minutes and come by.
[0:18] Fine.
[0:19] I was just trying to get in my own mind.
[0:22] I think he was supposed to call us by this time, wasn't he?
[0:26] Right.
[0:26] 2 o'clock Paris time.
[0:29] That's right.
[0:31] My understanding is now he's going to leave immediately after lunch.
[0:35] About now.
[0:36] About now and due in here about 6 o'clock.
[0:41] Right.
[0:41] What I was trying to get at...
[0:44] You don't have to.
[0:45] I'll give Scowcroft a call.
[0:46] I'll find out what...
[0:48] I'll be along.
[0:48] No, no.
[0:49] Don't worry about it.
[0:50] You handle it.
[0:51] You handle it.
[0:52] What I would just like to know is to when there was no, you know, there was a lot of banging back and forth for the Johnson funeral, but the latest that we heard last night was that he was still planning to come on.
[1:05] Isn't that right?
[1:08] To wrap it up.
[1:08] Or had we heard that he was going to delay?
[1:10] Had you heard anything later?
[1:11] No, I think he was going to come back.
[1:12] And he is... That's just as well with me.
[1:15] Yes, he's due to come back, I think, about 6.
[1:18] So we had this problem of whether or not we should go on with the Johnson Day of Mourning and the rest, and I finally said that the North Vietnamese felt any paranoia, get it done.
[1:28] Well, sir, you know, I would think it could be a tribute to President Johnson in any event.
[1:33] Which I'm going to do anyway.
[1:35] All right, thank you.
[1:36] You get in, just give me a buzz and let me know.
[1:37] I just need to know what the plans are.
[1:40] Right, I'll be there shortly.