mrs. onassis in her kids tour. mrs. kennedy. when she left the white house, president kennedy's assassination had not returned to house at all and despite many invitations from president johnson to do so. but when the portraits of the president and mrs. kennedy were ready to be hung in the white house, normally there would be ceremony where the family come in and see the official reception and of these portraits. but mrs. kennedy, then mrs. onassis did, not want to come back. so nixon said, you know, why don't you bring your two children, just the three of you, we'll have a private event. we'd love to have you here for dinner. the girls can show your children, the nixon daughters, the girls as everybody called them back then can show the kids around. and and you get to see the portraits privately. so mrs. onassis agreed to that the president sent government plane up to new york to bring them down to the white house. they came in completely without anybody knowing. helen thomas had managed to find out and they promised to get. sh

mrs. onassis and her children went back to new york, mrs. sis wrote the most beautiful letter to the president and mrs. nixon that concluded with a phrase that was just very, very touching. shee said, a day that i have log dreaded has become one of the most precious i have spent with my if children. and that was the only time jackie kennedy returned to the white house from the time she left in december of 1963 until she passed many years later. and i think that,s i think that that sort of, that event is not just important from the standpoint of the history of the white house, but here were two men who had run against each other in 196000, had known each other for a long time from their service in how they came to the house to together in the 1946 election, they were in the senate when vice president nixon was president of the senate. and and had had that very tough and bitter campaign in 19600. -- 1960. but when families are in the white house, i think that they find that that -- sharing that experience transcends politics. and e remember we