On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:02 am to 10:04 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 224-014 of the White House Tapes.
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Hey, hello.
Hello.
I just called to wish you a happy birthday.
Are you at the farm or in Washington?
Yes, uh, Julia told me that you didn't feel too well.
You might not go.
You were.
You just recovered from the election.
Right.
I just can't believe it.
I'm working every Sunday getting a lot.
What's that?
Oh, yeah, I came back.
We came back Sunday night, and I've been here working on the, you know, getting all the new, the budget and everything, the new appointments ready.
It's got to work for two or three weeks, the hardest work at the time.
And, you know, they always do it the time right after the election, just when you're ready to
take time off, you got to go to work again.
But I'll have time off for Christmas.
Well, what is it good to know that I think you, I thought you would have been pleased that we finally got Pennsylvania.
And by a million votes, too.
And yeah.
Well, we're
We appreciate what everybody did.
You're going to see Julie and Pat today, are you?
Or tomorrow?
Yeah.
Oh, I know.
That's right.
They're going to the length of the theater with you.
Right.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
Sure.
Yeah, she told me.
She'll be there, I'm sure.
Well, that's good to talk to you.
You don't get too worn out.
Right.
Yeah, okay.
Good.
Yeah, well, order the most expensive thing.
That's right.
Okay.
Okay, bye.