Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 155-031
Date: Wednesday, November 22, 1972 at 7:04 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator; Johnson, Lyndon B.
Recording device: Camp David Study Table
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/155-031

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:01] Mr. President, he is at the ranch and I have him on the line.
[0:04] Fine.
[0:05] How are you feeling?
[0:07] Fine, Mr. President.
[0:08] Glad to hear you.
[0:09] Well, I heard that you were going to the hospital.
[0:12] Yes, I went down and spent the day and came back feeling pretty good.
[0:17] Well, I just wanted to tell you that Pat and I, we're at Camp David and we're going to have Thanksgiving with the kids here tomorrow.
[0:24] of you and want to send our very best for a happy Thanksgiving to you, to Lady Bird, to Lucy and Linda, and to your fine sons-in-laws.
[0:33] And even the little kids.
[0:35] That one we had the picture taken with particularly.
[0:38] You've been very nice to all of them.
[0:40] And I want to tell you how much I appreciated your letter.
[0:43] That was a very, very gracious note.
[0:46] And I want to tell you, too, that on Vietnam, just so that you'll know what's going on, we're negotiating hard as hell.
[0:55] to try to get it settled.
[0:56] We think we may.
[0:58] It's tough.
[0:58] You know, it's tough with you and it's tough with the North Vietnamese, but we're trying to bring it off so that we end the war in an honorable basis, which will not only be—justify what we've done, but justify what you did.
[1:11] And that's what history is going to record.
[1:15] I'm sure you want it that way, too.
[1:16] Well, you know, my prayers are with you and
[1:18] everything you do and i think of you often and wish i could do more well we'll we'll do the best we can and just as soon as we know what's if there is a settlement i'll uh have henry call you and give you a rundown so you'll know in advance i want you to give me something for a christmas present what
[1:38] I want you to give me something for Christmas, Brett.
[1:41] What do you want?
[1:42] I want you to make B.B.
[1:44] come back to see me sometime.
[1:45] All right.
[1:46] He's going to be in New York with me over the weekend, and I'll have him go down there.
[1:49] You tell him.
[1:50] You tell him.
[1:50] He's supposed to.
[1:51] One thing about it, he'll cheer you up.
[1:53] He sure will.
[1:54] I always enjoy it.
[1:56] Tell him.
[1:57] First time he's going back, you send him by here.
[1:59] All right.
[2:00] He'll be there before Christmas.
[2:02] Fair enough?
[2:03] That's a good deal.
[2:04] All right.
[2:05] Bye.
[2:05] Give our love to Matt.
[2:07] I love all of you folks.
[2:08] Bye.
[2:08] you