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Phone Call President Nixon and Treasury Secretary John Connally
April 29, 1971
Nixon: And the other thing that made me think you'd really come across it that son-of-a-bitch Herblock finally took notice of you. [Laughter]
Connally: It didn't take him long, either, did he?
Nixon: Didn't you enjoy it, though?
Connally: Oh yea, he got my --
Nixon: Let me tell you this: If Nellie [Connally] worries, tell her that Herblock took me on 23 years ago in the Hiss case, and he's been against me ever since. And when he took you on, I said, "By God, Connally's my man." [Laughter] |