Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 213-018
Date: Sunday, September 24, 1972 at 11:52 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)
Recording device: Camp David Hard Wire
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/213-018
National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/651228258 (NAID 651228258)

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[0:00] NIXON: Come in.
[0:01] EISENHOWER: Feel like the kids are working too hard.
[0:05] NIXON: I'm going to go swimming, but [laughter]
[0:09] EISENHOWER: Later on?
[0:10] NIXON: I'm going to go probably a little later.
[0:17] NIXON: You having fun, I hope.
[0:18] EISENHOWER: Yeah, we really are.
[0:20] NIXON: You're glad you came up?
[0:22] EISENHOWER: Oh, I'm so glad.
[0:23] NIXON: I called up the man and said, did you get Mommy anything? Said she didn't eat a damn thing last night.
[0:29] EISENHOWER: I know. She's She's going to have a big lunch.
[0:32] NIXON: She ate something now, good deal.
[0:34] EISENHOWER: Well, Daddy, you know, I was thinking if you still want to see War and Peace, we could eat real early and see it or something like that.
[0:41] EISENHOWER: Eat at 5:30 or something.
[0:43] NIXON: I think Mommy wants to see it, though.
[0:45] EISENHOWER: I think she might want to see War and Peace.
[0:48] EISENHOWER: If she does, [laughter] would you like to see War and Peace, Mom? The one with Audrey Hepburn.
[0:52] NIXON: I like Hepburn, but I loved that movie last night.
[0:54] EISENHOWER: Oh, I'm so glad you like it. You know, Mom and me said she loved the movie last night.
[0:55] NIXON: [unintelligible]
[0:58] NIXON: Well, the thing about War and Peace, the only difficulty is that [crosstalk] it's too long.
[1:00] EISENHOWER: [crosstalk] It's too long.
[1:02] NIXON: Well, I have a very, I've got three or four speeches to do. I think maybe I'd like together to see the Churchill documentary tonight. How about that?
[1:07] EISENHOWER: That's an awfully great movie.
[1:10] NIXON: Let's see that.
[1:12] EISENHOWER: Good music.