Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 041-019
Date: Tuesday, June 19, 1973 at 3:01 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-019

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:00] Julie.
[0:01] Daddy?
[0:02] I wondered how everything went today, Judy.
[0:04] It went very well.
[0:05] The students were so friendly.
[0:06] Were they really?
[0:07] How many were there?
[0:08] Well, there were about 200.
[0:10] And what I did was to open, you know, up to questions.
[0:14] And they didn't ask about Watergate.
[0:16] And these were all really brilliant kids, the presidential winners.
[0:20] Really?
[0:21] And I had Secretary Weinberger there, and he answered a couple questions, and it was real good.
[0:26] They didn't ask about Watergate.
[0:28] That's funny.
[0:29] I suppose they were being polite.
[0:30] Well, but I mean, maybe they were putting things in perspective, too.
[0:33] Did they ask about the summit?
[0:35] Yes, they did.
[0:36] And they wanted to know about, for example, the Mideast.
[0:40] If you would talk to Brezhnev about that.
[0:42] And they wanted to know about the energy crisis and how the Soviet Union might help in that way.
[0:48] Weinberger, yes.
[0:50] He was real good.
[0:51] He was so smart.
[0:52] Friendly and nice.
[0:54] Oh, good, good.
[0:55] And, uh, we're, uh...
[0:57] So you're going out on the boat with the... We may.
[0:59] We're hoping to, unless the weather is real bad, but I think we will.
[1:03] Good.
[1:03] And then I'm going to camp David tonight.
[1:06] Great.
[1:07] And, uh, so we'll, uh...
[1:11] there and so uh it's fine i wish you well tonight i'm sure it's going to go well i think i appreciate all your work my goodness i was just talking to ron sigler and and let me tell you that you're concerned about the press conference we've been talking about i intend to have one but i've got the way the dean gets on see yeah so that i can so that you don't get that past us because don't be concerned about it but because but we got you've seen her they've caught him skimming some money
[1:41] No.
[1:43] He stole some money, apparently, $4,000.
[1:45] Said he did it for his honeymoon.
[1:46] Said he put it back.
[1:49] So he's a pretty bad boy.
[1:50] Daddy, one thing I wanted to tell you.
[1:53] David and I went to dinner at Howard K. Smith's house last week because he invited us, and we thought we should do it because he's been good.
[1:59] Oh, yes.
[2:00] And he really is your friend.
[2:03] Yeah, well, he's a nice man.
[2:05] He really is.
[2:07] Like he was talking about the editorials he's been doing, he's the only one who's putting everything in perspective.
[2:14] I really want you to know that it was a very good meeting.
[2:17] And you know who else was very good?
[2:20] The editor of The Star was there.
[2:22] Noise.
[2:23] Oh, yeah.
[2:25] He's a nice man.
[2:26] Actually, let me tell you, the thing is on this, we're ready to strike back, but we've got a plan, and I just want you to know that.
[2:35] I have very much in mind, but when we do, we want to just take the offensive and stay on it.
[2:39] Right.
[2:39] You know what I mean?
[2:41] And we're just going to go all out.
[2:44] And, uh... Dean doesn't have any damning documents, does he?
[2:47] He's just talking?
[2:48] No.
[2:48] No.
[2:50] I don't think so.
[2:51] No, no, no, no, no, no.
[2:52] Don't worry about that.
[2:53] Well... Well, he can't...
[2:54] There's none from me.
[2:56] No.
[2:56] That's for sure.
[2:57] Yeah.
[2:57] Because I know we've got everything that...
[3:01] He's got these, uh... Dean is just going to make a lot of charges, you know, about this and that and the other thing, because he was the master of the whole cover-up thing himself.
[3:10] Yeah.
[3:11] Carry-outer of the thing.
[3:13] He ate us.
[3:15] And, uh, he let us for ten months.
[3:19] Boy.
[3:20] But it's working out.
[3:21] And, Daddy, last night was a triumph.
[3:24] Yeah.
[3:24] You liked it, did you?
[3:25] Didn't you?
[3:26] I thought it was great.
[3:27] My God.
[3:28] I mean, it couldn't have been any more.
[3:29] Yeah.
[3:29] It was friendly and warm.
[3:31] And yet the toasts were significant.
[3:35] And the kids got a real kick out of the fact that Brezhnev, because of the long toast and the friendly spirit of the evening, that the night went on an hour later than usual.
[3:43] And how you all had postponed, Brezhnev suggested postponing the meeting for one hour.
[3:47] And they really loved hearing that.
[3:50] Kind of thing they like.
[3:53] Fine, sweetie.
[3:54] Good luck and thank you very much.
[3:56] Thanks for calling.
[3:56] Bye, sweetie.
[3:57] Bye.