Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 167-022
Date: Sunday, May 20, 1973 at 3:34 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Lewis, Hobart D.
Recording device: Camp David Study Table
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/167-022

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:01] Hello, Mr. President.
[0:02] Just calling to see how your morale is.
[0:04] My morale is excellent.
[0:05] I know yours is.
[0:06] Well, just remember, Hope, keep fighting.
[0:11] Just keep in there fighting.
[0:12] That's all there is to do.
[0:14] We're going to have a lot of crap when I fly around here, but you'll finally come down to it, you know.
[0:21] there's too many big things to be done in the world that's right and that's that's the whole thing we've got to just get in a strong position and keep on going that's right and all
[0:39] There'll be more, of course.
[0:40] I suppose it'll go on for a long time.
[0:42] And, of course, they thrash around with the president, thinking maybe they've got everything from clemency to cover-up to everything, but he can't get out there and defend it.
[0:53] That's the problem.
[0:54] That's the whole problem.
[0:55] But there ought to be some people out there in front who can do it for you.
[0:58] They will at the proper time.
[0:59] I think they will.
[1:00] I told B.B., you know, and I told Rose, if there's the slightest thing I can do or we can do, we can do it.
[1:06] Well, we'll ask you.
[1:08] I thought that letter that John Eisenhower wrote to the New York Times was very good.
[1:11] Wasn't that good?
[1:12] I thought it was marvelous.
[1:13] Brilliant letter.
[1:14] And I'd like to reprint it, if we can do it, just to question whether the timing is right.
[1:18] We could be sort of next July or August.
[1:21] Yeah, that's right.
[1:22] But anyway... You can't really judge that hopefully.
[1:24] You can't really tell quite that, yeah.
[1:26] By then, people may be thinking of the Russian summit and other things.
[1:30] Well, I hope they are.
[1:33] That's right.
[1:34] Okay, bye.
[1:34] All right.
[1:35] Thanks for calling.