Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 037-071
Date: Friday, March 9, 1973 at 2:35 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Downey, William; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Downey, William
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-071

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[0:02] Hello.
[0:02] Hello.
[0:03] Dr. Kissinger, I have Mr. Downey.
[0:05] Yes, I'll talk to him.
[0:07] There you are, sir.
[0:09] You can get on.
[0:12] Hello, Mr. Downey.
[0:13] Yes, sir.
[0:14] I thought you'd be pleased to know we just got a response from Cho and Lai.
[0:23] Your brother will be released Monday.
[0:26] Released Monday?
[0:27] Right.
[0:28] He will...
[0:30] So I've got Henry on the other line here.
[0:35] We are going to announce it here at 3 o'clock, so don't say anything.
[0:39] But we got the message from him, so they reacted very speedily.
[0:43] And so he's on the way.
[0:46] Well, thank you.
[0:50] Couldn't be happier.
[0:51] It's been a long time.
[0:52] We're glad he's coming back.
[0:55] Yeah, maybe just about in time.
[0:58] It doesn't look very good either.
[1:00] Well, just so he gets back at this time.
[1:02] That's the important thing.
[1:03] Thank you.
[1:03] I appreciate everything you've done for it, sir.
[1:06] Okay.