Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 044-088 Date: Thursday, March 29, 1973 at 9:49 PM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rebozo, Charles G. ("Bebe") Recording device: White House Telephone Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-088 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:00] Hello. [0:03] Hello, Mr. President. [0:06] Baby, where are you? [0:07] I'm at the hosta. [0:09] As usual, huh? [0:11] Fantastic. [0:12] Beautiful. [0:14] I was in there with Trice, and they've gone now, but I was... [0:20] I think it was Price and Desi Arnaz and... Oh, the whole group. [0:24] Isn't that great? [0:27] Honest to God. [0:28] What'd they think? [0:29] Oh, fantastic. [0:31] You know, I was amazed, too, because we happened to... [0:34] I had the best picture was on 7 on NBC, so we had to listen to that jerk Valeriani, but honest to God... [0:44] He was pretty good. [0:45] He said, you know, he said, the president's making it unmistakably clear to North Vietnam that they can't play games. [0:52] I was amazed. [0:54] It was beautiful. [0:56] It was absolutely just perfect, covering every aspect of it in a very sincere, straightforward manner. [1:03] The solid air confinement about the POWs and the whole damn thing was absolutely perfect. [1:11] Couldn't have been better. [1:12] Well, we'll see you out there then, huh? [1:14] Yes, sir. [1:15] I'll be there next week. [1:16] Tuesday night. [1:16] Yes, sir. [1:17] All right. [1:18] Fine, boy. [1:19] Bye. [1:19] Give my best to Cy. [1:20] I'll do it. [1:21] Bye. [1:23] Thank you.