Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 045-058
Date: Monday, April 30, 1973 at 11:07 PM
Participants: White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, [Dwight] David, II; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-058

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:01] General Haig calling, President.
[0:03] Just a moment, please.
[0:04] Thank you.
[0:06] He'll take it.
[0:07] All right.
[0:09] Let's see.
[0:09] I have to screen him.
[0:10] Hello?
[0:11] There you are.
[0:11] Hello, Mr. President?
[0:13] Hi, Al.
[0:13] How are you?
[0:14] Fine, sir.
[0:15] I wanted to call you and tell you personally how proud I was of you.
[0:20] You're always that way, Al.
[0:22] No, sir.
[0:23] You've had some tough ones in four years here.
[0:26] I talked to Henry, you know, and he was rather guarded.
[0:29] Well, I'm not guarded at all.
[0:34] I know what a difficult decision this was, and I trust that you portrayed it with the kind of seriousness that it deserved.
[0:44] And I think you've done a great deal to clear the air, as painful as it is.
[0:51] Well, thank you, Al.
[0:52] Thank you.
[0:53] And I'm very, very proud, sir.
[0:56] Goddamn are proud of what you've done, all the crap you've had to take.
[0:59] But Henry will do great, too.
[1:02] He's a great man, you know.
[1:04] Yes, he will, sir.
[1:05] He's a try.
[1:06] And we've got to use him, but we must remember that, you know, you know, sir.
[1:11] I remember we went through in the 18th.
[1:14] Exactly right.
[1:15] All right, boy.
[1:16] Fine, sir.
[1:17] And how good of you to call.
[1:18] I hope you like that lovely house.
[1:21] I'm going to give my best to that pretty blonde wife.
[1:23] Yes, sir, I will.
[1:25] All right, boy.
[1:25] God bless you, sir.