Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 039-017
Date: Friday, May 25, 1973 at 1:25 AM
Participants: White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Keyes, Paul W.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-017

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[0:00] Yep.
[0:01] Mr. President, I have Mr. Keyes calling you.
[0:04] Yeah.
[0:05] Go ahead, please.
[0:07] Hello.
[0:07] Hey, you had quite a day.
[0:11] Well, did you enjoy it?
[0:13] Absolutely.
[0:14] I heard great things from the State Department, but I enjoyed tonight.
[0:18] It was a big emotional experience for me to be there, sir.
[0:23] They all did beautifully, didn't they?
[0:25] Yeah, they did.
[0:25] They were marvelous.
[0:26] They were honorable.
[0:29] And I had...
[0:31] We were all a little embarrassed by Joey Hetherington, but she had assured me and her agent had assured me that she'd wear a high dress and she stayed in her wings and a jacket until she went out.
[0:41] Oh, well, that's all right.
[0:42] But Joey Hetherington, that's all right.
[0:47] She's a sex symbol and you got a little of that, too.
[0:49] Yeah, but that was all of that there was.
[0:54] Everything seemed to work.
[0:56] Wayne and those guys were just marvelous, and they should have tipped their hats to you.
[1:01] They did.
[1:02] They did.
[1:03] They did.
[1:03] They damn well should, but the ovation when you came in and all of their reaction to you.
[1:08] I don't know if you've seen any of the television, but there are shots of you all the way, unlike the Ford thing where they didn't get too many.
[1:17] You were enjoying this all the way through it, and it's good.
[1:20] It's good for you, and damn it, I'm glad we did it.
[1:25] How about that Irving Berlin?
[1:27] Well, that was a moving thing.
[1:30] Wasn't it?
[1:31] My God.
[1:31] And then the old Sammy Davis saying, do it again.
[1:34] Yeah, that was great.
[1:35] You see, that gives it a live feeling on the air.
[1:38] The thing is, though, it was so late, it won't.
[1:41] I hope they run a little of it tomorrow, but I understand the assholes say they can't because they've got to run the water gates.
[1:49] Yeah, well, it is.
[1:51] But I do think that all of the news will have it.
[1:55] All of the late news had it.
[1:56] They were in there filming this afternoon, and it was on the early news.
[2:01] It'll be on the Today Show and all those shows tomorrow.
[2:04] And I think there'll be plenty of coverage.
[2:06] I think there'll be plenty of coverage, sir.
[2:10] Okay, well, you deserve a lot of credit.
[2:11] Thank you, sir.
[2:12] I love you.
[2:13] Thank you.
[2:14] So do you, for other reasons.
[2:17] If you'd like to go to Florida, you're welcome.
[2:19] Thank you, sir, but I have to get back.
[2:21] Okay, boy.
[2:22] Thank you.
[2:23] Thank you for all you did.
[2:24] Thank you, sir.