Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 854-003
Date: Tuesday, February 13, 1973 at 8:27 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Risner, Robinson
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/854-003

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[0:01] Hello?
[0:03] Hello?
[0:05] Mr. Reisner?
[0:09] I wanted to know that, uh, how very proud I was of your husband and all of the others as they came off that plane, and how much I appreciated the call he made to me from Clark Field.
[0:21] I know that you and his family and all of your children know that, uh,
[0:28] What a real hero he is.
[0:29] I mean, I haven't parted with this order, I'm sure, but I was never proud of being American.
[0:38] He called it.
[0:38] My son will spend some of that money.
[0:47] That's what he said when he called me.
[0:54] for a man who's an ace in Korea and all the rest to say that was a very, it made me feel very humble, but we do want you to know, as I told him, of course, that they had to be very careful what they said, but I said that without the genuine faith and support of the wives and mothers and children of our POWs in this connection,
[1:21] we could never have achieved the peace and honor that we have.
[1:25] So you're also a heroine, and your children too.
[1:46] Uh, yeah, I hope when you get back now, you'll be sure, uh, I, I, you know, I, I said, I don't bother these men.
[1:54] Let them get home, get, get, you know, get, get rid of their families again.
[1:58] And after that, why, uh, we'll, uh, we'll have a chance to pay our respects.
[2:03] But, uh, you just get him home and, uh, get him a good rest.
[2:07] What does he like to eat?
[2:08] Is he a, is he a chocolate cake, an ice cream?
[2:13] He could use a little.
[2:14] He looks a little thin.
[2:18] Yeah.
[2:20] Yeah.
[2:21] Yeah, that's right.
[2:24] Well, you, well, you, uh, you just pour that into a truck of cake and I can give him all the amount, too.
[2:29] All right.
[2:31] All right.
[2:32] Good luck to you and to all your children.