Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 169-005
Date: Tuesday, June 19, 1973 at 11:05 PM
Participants: Camp David operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon
Recording device: Camp David Study Table
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/169-005

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:01] Mr. President, you call the BB Rebozo.
[0:03] He is out to dinner right now.
[0:05] Oh, you can skip it then.
[0:06] Thank you.
[0:07] I'll call him.
[0:07] All right, sir.
[0:08] And I have Julie now.
[0:09] Good.
[0:10] Go ahead, please.
[0:12] Hi, Julie.
[0:12] Daddy.
[0:13] I just wanted to see how the thing went tonight.
[0:15] Oh, listen, I can't tell you how friendly the group was.
[0:19] Well, good.
[0:20] Relievably friendly.
[0:21] Mm-hmm.
[0:22] Oh, they were just so friendly.
[0:26] And also, it's interesting that
[0:28] Your group today with the scholars is also friendly, huh?
[0:32] Very friendly, yes.
[0:32] You should have heard Brecht up tonight while we've been riding in cars and riding on the Sequoia.
[0:38] My God, he really thinks I'm the greatest friend he's ever had.
[0:42] Isn't that great?
[0:43] Well, you know... Oh, God, it's so great.
[0:46] The thing is that...
[0:47] With all this wallowing in Watergate, my God, Brezhnev and I are deciding the future of the world.
[0:53] I know it.
[0:53] These bastards have got to understand that.
[0:55] I know it.
[0:57] It was so funny, in the news time we had said that the Russian press, did you read it?
[1:03] It was so funny, the Russian press thinks that you should go out and shoot your enemies, and they think that the Watergate is a plot of the right wing.
[1:11] Tell me about your 2000 that you spoke to.
[1:21] Were they really friendly?
[1:23] What did you talk about?
[1:26] Well, I talked about how... Well, I talked about business and how the free enterprise system was so... Did you get into points about the 12 years and the 20 years and all that?
[1:37] Yeah, and I talked about the opening of trade with China and how exciting it was to be in business nowadays and how significant bread has been in the world.
[1:48] And they loved it, huh?
[1:49] They loved it.
[1:49] They were so friendly.
[1:51] Uh-huh.
[1:52] It was just really something.
[1:52] Great.
[1:53] Uh, I said about eight minutes, you see?
[1:58] That's all, huh?
[1:59] Yeah.
[1:59] No, you know, I don't have that much to say.
[2:02] Well, I know, but they loved it, didn't they?
[2:05] They really were so great, I couldn't get over it.
[2:07] Well, don't get as great as I want to get, because I talked to Brecksniff today for a long time.
[2:14] He's got a new perspective, and you know, he doesn't even think about the goddamn thing.
[2:19] He says, my God, we've got to get on and go on with the things of the world, Julie.
[2:23] My point is, we've just got to quit worrying about wallowing in this damn thing.
[2:28] I couldn't agree more.
[2:29] I'm so glad to hear you say it.
[2:32] I think that it's great that he's going to stay at San Clemente, don't you?
[2:35] It's a very warm place.
[2:37] He wants to stay in your own home and all that.
[2:41] We're going to give him a hell of a show out there.
[2:43] And I'm glad that he enjoyed the Sequoia.
[2:46] That's kind of fun to have him on that.
[2:48] Great job, David, don't you know?
[2:50] Are both of you on?
[2:51] Oh, yes.
[2:52] We flew from Sequoia right to Camp David.
[2:54] He wanted to spend the night here, so he came up here, and he said, is this dog good?
[2:58] Wow.
[2:59] We're going to spend the night here and tomorrow night here, too.
[3:03] Good.
[3:03] Yeah, that's good.
[3:04] Oh, great.
[3:05] Good.
[3:05] We'll talk to David to keep this up, huh?
[3:08] I sure will.
[3:08] He's not disturbed, is he?
[3:10] No, are you kidding?
[3:11] He's going to go out and talk to the Jaycees next week.
[3:14] Oh, good.
[3:15] Yeah, that's a good group, don't you think?
[3:16] Oh, it's terrific.
[3:18] Yeah, it's a real treat.
[3:19] Give him that stuff about the 12 years, the 8 years, and the 20 years.
[3:24] Do you have those cheer lines?
[3:27] Everyone has a cheer line.
[3:28] Yeah, those are cheer lines.
[3:30] Okay, sweetie.
[3:30] Good.
[3:31] Thanks for calling, Daddy.
[3:33] I'm awfully proud of you.
[3:34] Well, now, wait.
[3:35] Let me tell you, this is going to be a rough time for a while with that damn Dean.
[3:39] But, you know, they caught Dean in stealing now, you know?
[3:43] I know.
[3:43] I think he's been discredited.
[3:44] Did you see the New York Times story on it?
[3:48] I haven't, no.
[3:48] Is that in the paper?
[3:49] It's in the New York Times.
[3:50] They pick it up.
[3:51] Seymour Hersh, who's a bastard, caught him, and he stole $14,000.
[3:58] My God.
[4:00] Yeah, so get at it, honey.
[4:02] Yeah, okay.
[4:03] Well, give David my love.
[4:04] I will, and you take care, and I'll talk to you soon.
[4:07] All right, sweetie.
[4:08] Okay, bye.