Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-045
Nixon phone call with Beall on Senate and Legislative affairs
Thursday, May 13, 1971 · 3:43 PM–3:44 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated this brief call to Senator J. Glenn Beall, Jr. to offer encouragement regarding the activities of a group of legislators referred to as the "fearsome sixsome." During the exchange, the President emphasized the importance of the Senator's return to Washington. Beall confirmed his scheduled return to the Senate for the following week before the conversation concluded.
- J. Glenn Beall Jr.
- Senate
- Legislative affairs
- Congressional relations
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NARA Description
On May 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and J. Glenn Beall, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:43 pm to 3:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-045 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 003-045
Date: May 13, 1971
Time: 3:43 pm - 3:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with J. Glenn Beall, Jr.
[See Conversation No. 498-015A]
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[Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under PRMPA regulations 10/24/2017. Segment
cleared for release.]
[Privacy]
[003-045-w001]
[Duration: 29s]
J. Glenn Beall’s health
-Operation
-Appendix
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-First time in hospital
-Nurses
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Senate
-Beall's returnAlso recorded on May 13, 1971
- 003-042 3:35 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm.
- 003-043 3:35 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm.
- 003-044 3:38 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin talked on the telephone from 3:38 pm to 3:39 pm.
- 498-014 3:38 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:38 pm to 3:39 pm.
- 498-015 3:40 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, J. Glenn Beall, Jr., White House operator, Clark MacGregor, John D. Ehrlichman, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:40 pm to 4:27 pm.
- 003-046 3:46 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at 3:46 pm.
- 003-047 3:46 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:46 pm and 3:47 pm.
- 003-048 3:47 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 3:47 pm to 3:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 003-045, May 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-045 (accessed October 12, 2026).