Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 045-051
Date: Monday, April 30, 1973 at 10:43 PM
Participants: White House operator; Cox, Tricia Nixon; Woods, Rose Mary; Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-051

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:01] Dr. Kissinger for the president.
[0:03] Just a moment, please.
[0:18] Hello?
[0:18] Dr. Kissinger.
[0:20] Hello?
[0:21] Hello, Mr. President.
[0:22] Hi, Henry.
[0:24] Well, that was a very difficult speech and a very courageous one.
[0:29] And I think
[0:30] 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.
[0:41] Well, we did.
[0:42] We must do the right thing, and we're going to do the right thing.
[0:45] There's no question.
[0:47] And when do you go to Moscow, Henry?
[0:50] I'm leaving on Thursday evening, Mr. President.
[0:52] Through cheating.
[0:53] Fine, fine, fine.
[0:55] 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.
[1:08] 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.
[1:15] It's pure crap, as you know.
[1:18] When this hysteria is over, Mr. President, I think matters will be seen in the right perspective.
[1:25] Imagine all your cross people are calling and gloating and saying, where will we finish this son of a bitch?
[1:30] But they haven't, because they don't know me.
[1:35] They don't know this.
[1:37] And second, these things have to be seen in a historical perspective.
[1:43] They won't see it.
[1:45] No, they will not see it.
[1:46] But six months from now, they'll have some other excitement.
[1:50] Okay, Henry.
[1:50] Thank you.
[1:51] And it was very good.