Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 039-025
Date: Monday, May 28, 1973 at 10:40 PM
Participants: White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Keyes, Paul W.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-025

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:01] Honky.
[0:02] Hi, how are you?
[0:03] Paul, I just got back from Florida.
[0:04] The tent's still up.
[0:05] They haven't got it down yet, but I wanted to tell you again how much we appreciated that great job you did.
[0:10] Well, I'm delighted, sir.
[0:11] I've had such marvelous reports.
[0:12] General Haig called me, and Ziegler called, and so many people called.
[0:16] It was just marvelous.
[0:18] Well, it was a great show, and...
[0:20] My only regret is that all three networks didn't carry it.
[0:25] Yeah, well, we're talking ABC now.
[0:28] You're still talking to them, huh?
[0:29] They're talking about repeating it.
[0:31] They ought to.
[0:32] Yeah, because so many people... Jack Welp called me.
[0:35] He stayed up until 2 in the morning, and so many people did.
[0:39] I was delighted because...
[0:42] I think it was great for the guys.
[0:44] I know someone who flew back with them.
[0:45] And all I could do was talk about the evening.
[0:48] It was great for them.
[0:49] Oh, yes.
[0:51] Good newspaper stuff.
[0:52] I didn't get in to listen to the phone with you the other night because we were so late and we were so rushed.
[0:57] I don't want to tie you up.
[0:58] I had written.
[1:00] I wrote.
[1:01] Wayne.
[1:02] Yeah, I know you did.
[1:03] I could tell that.
[1:04] Stuart and Montalban.
[1:06] Yeah.
[1:07] Because I wanted to get good thoughts about you, but from different directions.
[1:11] It was great.
[1:12] And the reason I wrote them wasn't to get them to say it.
[1:15] I thought they would, but I thought we could get them, you know, from different directions.
[1:18] I was thrilled to pieces, I gotta tell you.
[1:20] I thought they were fantastic.
[1:21] Well, you know, Miriam wore a guy's bracelet for three and a half years, and he was in prison for seven years.
[1:28] And by God, she danced with him in the White House at 2 o'clock that morning, and that's the biggest drool that's ever happened to her.
[1:34] Of course.
[1:34] You know, it was a great, great occasion.
[1:36] And for him, too, yeah.
[1:37] It was just great.
[1:39] Yes, yes.
[1:39] They went on before, you know.
[1:41] What's that?
[1:42] They went on to 4 o'clock.
[1:44] Yeah, I heard they did.
[1:45] The dancing did.
[1:46] Isn't that great?
[1:46] They did.
[1:47] God, that's great.
[1:48] I'm glad you're happy, and I watched you.
[1:50] You know, you were doing a funny thing.
[1:52] You were reading Hope's cue cards with him.
[1:54] Did you know that?
[1:55] I was watching you from backstage.
[1:58] Yeah.
[1:59] It was fun, yeah.
[2:00] Yeah.
[2:00] Well, God love you.
[2:02] I'm delighted that you—listen, if we all gave you—
[2:05] a couple hours out of all this crap.
[2:07] I'm delighted just because of that.
[2:10] Well, don't worry about the crap.
[2:11] It'll pass, Paul.
[2:13] You know that.
[2:14] Yeah, yeah.
[2:15] It's hard for you.
[2:16] Oh, well, but that's that kind of stuff, you know.
[2:19] As far as the decent people in this country are concerned, they're not affected by this kind of horseshit.
[2:26] Wow.
[2:27] Let's get it behind us.
[2:30] That's right.
[2:30] Don't lose your confidence.
[2:32] Oh, don't you ever look.
[2:34] Don't you ever look.
[2:35] Those guys, Wayne and Stuart and those guys were really up, weren't they?
[2:38] Oh, God, yeah.
[2:39] I flew back with them the next day on your plane.
[2:43] Geez, they were just in another world.
[2:46] They were just walking around, and they were still trying to believe what had happened.
[2:51] I think they ought to get something, those performers.
[2:54] Oh, yes.
[2:55] Well, we're trying to...
[2:57] They'll all, of course, get a...
[2:59] I'm going to send a special letter to them, but we're trying to think of something in the way of a certificate or something, perhaps.
[3:06] I think that would be nice, because, see, some of them have cufflinks.
[3:10] Oh, the hell with the cufflinks.
[3:11] I meant a certificate or something like that, or I don't know.
[3:14] Some other...
[3:15] But if you can... You work it out with Steve.
[3:17] Tell him to work outsizing.
[3:18] Will you do that?
[3:19] Yes, sir.
[3:20] And if we can find some sort of a gift...
[3:23] The cufflinks are, no, they've got that.
[3:26] I'd give them something else.
[3:28] And a little certificate or, you know, something so that they can really feel that, you know, they participated in a great event.
[3:35] Yes, they did.
[3:35] They did.
[3:36] We all did.
[3:37] Well, we're glad.
[3:38] Right.
[3:38] It's a great thing, and I'm glad that you still feel up about it.
[3:41] You bet your life.
[3:43] God love you.
[3:43] Okay, bye.
[3:45] Take care of yourself.
[3:46] Bye.