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Conversation 045-051

TapeTape 45StartMonday, April 30, 1973 at 10:43 PMEndMonday, April 30, 1973 at 10:45 PMParticipantsWhite House operator;  Cox, Tricia Nixon;  Woods, Rose Mary;  Kissinger, Henry A.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AudioNARA Description

On April 30, 1973, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, Rose Mary Woods, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 10:43 pm to 10:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-051 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 45-51

Date: April 30, 1973
Time: 10:43 pm - 10:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

     Telephone call from Henry A. Kissinger

Tricia Cox conferred with the President. Rose Mary Woods can be heard in the background.

[Begin conferral]

     Telephone call from Kissinger

[End conferral]

The President talked with Kissinger.

     Watergate
          -President’s speech
                -Impact

     Kissinger’s schedule
           -Moscow trip

     World peace
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                       (rev. October-2012)

                                                              Conversation No. 45-51 (cont’d)

     Watergate
          -President’s speech
          -Press reaction
          -Historical perspective
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Hello?
Dr. Kissinger for the president.
Just a moment, please.
Hello?
Dr. Kissinger.
Hello?
Hello, Mr. President.
Hi, Henry.
Well, that was a very difficult speech and a very courageous one.
And I think
Long after this turmoil is forgotten, what you've done in the last years will be remembered, and what you will do in the next years.
Well, we did.
We must do the right thing, and we're going to do the right thing.
There's no question.
And when do you go to Moscow, Henry?
I'm leaving on Thursday evening, Mr. President.
Through cheating.
Fine, fine, fine.
But there's absolutely no doubt that when this is over, that you'll make the same sort of decisions that got you to this point.
The only thing that matters is peace in the world, and that's the thing that you and I have got to work for, Henry, and forget all this crap.
It's pure crap, as you know.
When this hysteria is over, Mr. President, I think matters will be seen in the right perspective.
Imagine all your cross people are calling and gloating and saying, where will we finish this son of a bitch?
But they haven't, because they don't know me.
They don't know this.
And second, these things have to be seen in a historical perspective.
They won't see it.
No, they will not see it.
But six months from now, they'll have some other excitement.
Okay, Henry.
Thank you.
And it was very good.
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