Nixoniacs and Reaganophiles will want to take a listen here ...
So in the midst of the escalating Watergate crisis, Ronald Reagan, the then-governor of California, called the president to offer his support. The tapes of this conversation and others were released today.
From AP:
The final installment of secret recordings from President Richard Nixon's White House captures future president Ronald Reagan calling to offer support after Nixon delivered a public address on Watergate. The April 30, 1973, phone conversation was released Wednesday, along with 340 hours of tape and more than 140,000 pages of documents.
Reagan, then California governor, called Nixon in the late evening after he had delivered a speech as the Watergate crisis picked up speed. Earlier that day, two top White House staffers and the attorney general had resigned and the White House counsel was fired. Reagan reassures Nixon of his support and says the speech was on target.
Here's a chunk of that convo ...