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Conversation 042-061

TapeTape 42StartTuesday, April 20, 1971 at 2:45 PMEndTuesday, April 20, 1971 at 2:46 PMTape start time01:12:16Tape end time01:13:43ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Arends, Leslie C.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
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On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Leslie C. Arends talked on the telephone from 2:45 pm to 2:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-061 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 42-61

Date: April 20, 1971
Time: 2:45 pm - 2:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Leslie C. Arends.

[See Conversation No. 251-7]

     Arends’ comment

     Arends’ trip

     State of the nation
           -Mood
           -Winding down of War
                 -Democrats

     President's statement on ending the War
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Hello.
Congressman Ahrens, Mr. President.
Yeah.
There you are.
Hello.
Hello, Les.
Yes, yes, Mr. President.
Well, I just wanted to thank you for your nice little comment at the meeting today.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Yeah, you sort of kicked the boys off good.
That was good.
You feel all right after your trip?
Yes, sir.
I feel fine.
Good.
Good.
You've been... Yeah, and I think things are better than what a lot of them want the country to believe.
Yeah.
Well, you know, actually, the...
the country's the country usually turns around a little before the folks do you know that's right i mean usually before the the congressman and particularly they sit here in washington and they read these uh you know washington papers and the rest and and you really think everybody's going to hell in the hat yeah but the country's pretty sound isn't it oh yes it is it really is yeah you're going in the right direction well actually you know they all want to get the damn war over with they're beginning to realize we're doing it and you know what i think worries our democratic friends
They're afraid it might work.
Yeah.
Well, I thought your statement this morning of the real reasons why we can't come out of there and just walk home without getting some kind of a reasonable piece are so emphatic and so to the point that if the people would just understand this, like you say about the two great nations over there, hell, it's just wonderful that we could tell the people these things.
And they'd have a better understanding of it and what you're trying to do.
We'll try to get it across.
Well, we'll get it done.
Well, anyway, you keep the voice charged up.
Well, we're going to.
All right.
Stay right with us.
Bye.
Thank you, Mr. President.
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