Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 438-004 Date: Thursday, May 17, 1973 at 1:32 PM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L. Recording device: Old Executive Office Building Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/438-004 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:00] Yeah. [0:01] Were you able ever to get to Howard Smith by any chance? [0:09] Fine. [0:11] Yeah. [0:12] Fine. [0:12] You might talk to him. [0:13] And when you do, you could just say that the President is deeply grateful that he stayed long enough to call once he sees him. [0:20] And I'm glad to talk to him about it. [0:30] If I didn't see that, what'd he do? [0:45] What'd he say? [0:50] All right. [0:50] All right. [0:50] That's right, that's right. [0:51] Don't worry about it now.