Conversation 045-070

TapeTape 45StartMonday, April 30, 1973 at 11:47 PMEndMonday, April 30, 1973 at 11:49 PMParticipantsCox, Tricia Nixon;  White House operator;  Nixon, Richard M. (President);  Abplanalp, Robert H.;  Rebozo, Charles G. ("Bebe")Recording deviceWhite House Telephone

On April 30, 1973, Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Robert H. Abplanalp, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:47 pm and 11:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-070 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 45-70

Date: April 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:47 pm and 11:49 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the White House operator.

     Telephone call from Robert H. Abplanalp

Tricia Cox conferred with the President.

     Telephone call from Abplanalp

Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the operator at an unknown time. The President can be heard in the
background.

     Telephone calls
          -Messages

The President talked with Abplanalp.

     Watergate
          -President’s speech
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                                                             Conversation No. 45-70 (cont’d)

     Abplanalp’s location
          -Bronxville [?]

     Watergate
          -President’s speech
                -Reaction
                -Abplanalp’s conversation with John (“Tex”) McCrary
                      -Assessment

     Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo

The President conferred with Rebozo.

[Begin conferral]

     Telephone call from Abplanalp

[End conferral]

Rebozo talked with Abplanalp at an unknown time.

     Abplanalp’s location
          -Embassy of Mali [?]

     Telephone call from Abplanalp

     Watergate
          -President’s speech
                -Reactions

     Trip to Florida
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Hello?
Mr. Adler now calling the President.
Just a moment, please.
And I think this will be the last call for the evening.
And then you can just take the messages.
Excuse me.
No, 15 more minutes.
Hello?
There you are.
Hello, Bob.
Mr. President.
How are you, boy?
I'm just fine, sir.
I just wanted to call to say I thought you were... You did a great job tonight.
Thank you, Bob.
I think I have some idea of what it took to do it, but I thought you were magnificent.
Well, how good of you to call.
Where are you, in Waukesha?
No, no, I'm at home.
I'm at home in Brockville.
With your mother-in-law?
Yes, sir.
But I think you did it.
I think that it went over very, very well.
I've had a half a dozen calls here tonight from old people like Tex.
Tex?
He thought it went extremely well.
He called me about, oh, maybe a half an hour after I got off the air.
He just felt that it was great.
And, my God, so do I.
And believe me, if there's anything that, you know, you want me to do at any particular time of the day or night, I'll be right there.
Okay, bye.
Thank you, Bob.
Here's old BB.
He wants to say hello to you.
Oh, is he there?
All right.
What do you say there, Charles?
Where are you calling from?
Which one of your domains are you calling from, King, sir?
Well, I'm calling from the one across the street from the embassy.
Oh, I see that.
That's right, King, sir.
He's right across from the big embassy.
I know that place.
He just left a couple of minutes ago.
Oh, but the bastard just left.
He was eating an old friend.
Oh, he just had dinner with an old friend, huh?
No, we ate him.
We ate him?
What?
I see.
Were we Malians or that way?
Is it Mahians or what do you call them?
I tried to call you before.
Yeah?
What did you call me?
What did you call me?
I tried to call you on the telephone.
Oh, I see.
And they told me they couldn't find you if you weren't answering your phone.
I see.
Okay.
I told the check under the bed.
All right, King, sir.
All right, King, sir.
That's good.
Great.
Fantastic, wasn't it?
Oh, Jesus Christ.
Yeah.
A couple of guys called me and said that they were in tears.
Yeah.
Had to be.
Had to be.
Just, you know, I realize what the hell I must have taken out of them.
Listen, King, sir.
I'm going to go down and eat some fish and lobsters one of these days.
Yeah, I'm heading south tomorrow, King, sir.
You take care now, yeah?
Good, okay, fine.
Okay, buddy.
I hope I didn't disturb anybody.
Oh, great.
Wonderful.
Okay.
Thank you.