Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 909-008 Date: Wednesday, May 2, 1973 at 9:53 AM Participants: Connally, John B.; Nixon, Richard M. (President) Recording device: Oval Office Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/909-008 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:00] Hello? [0:02] Hello, my John, how are you? [0:13] Well, that's very, very courageous of you to go that early. [0:20] Yeah, that's your brave man. [0:24] I'm very proud of you, and by golly, let me say, as you know, John, what really makes a man is having a little fight, and we are sure, don't we? [0:34] We had a very good reaction from the talk the other night. [0:39] Well, you were very kind. [0:44] Well, I sure appreciate it. [0:46] Give me a hug, will you?