Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-073
Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Mathias Resolution and Mansfield Amendment
Wednesday, May 19, 1971 · 7:48 PM–7:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discuss the surprisingly lopsided 73-20 defeat of the Mathias resolution and the potential for subsequent parliamentary maneuvering. Fearing a legislative trap involving alternative amendments or a coordinated effort by opponents, they decide to delay a planned thank-you call from the President to Senator John Sherman Cooper. Haldeman is instructed to contact Secretary of State William P. Rogers to share the news while maintaining vigilance over ongoing Senate debates regarding the Mansfield Amendment.
- Mathias Resolution
- Mansfield Amendment
- Congressional relations
- John Sherman Cooper
- Senate floor strategy
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NARA Description
On May 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:48 pm to 7:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-073 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
conversation 003-073.]
The President talked with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman; background noise can be heard in the original
recording.
Mathias Resolution
-Vote
-Congressional relations [?] staff
-Vice President's office, Senate galleries
-Possible future amendment
Mansfield Amendment
-Senate debate
Mathias Resolution
-John Sherman Cooper
-President's call
-Timing
-Effect of vote
-Mansfield Amendment
Mansfield Amendment
-Forthcoming vote
-Factors
Mathias
-Effect on Mathias Resolution
-Possible future amendment
Calls
-Haldeman to President
-President to Cooper
-Haldeman to William P. Rogers
Conversation No. 003-074
Date: May 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:50 pm and 7:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to Henry A. KissingerAlso recorded on May 19, 1971
- 003-069 6:11 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 6:11 pm to 6:15 pm.
- 003-070 6:16 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 7:44 pm.
- 003-071 7:44 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at 7:44 pm.
- 003-072 7:47 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:47 pm and 7:48 pm.
- 003-074 7:50 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:50 pm and 7:55 pm.
- 003-075 7:55 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:55 pm to 7:56 pm.
- 003-076 7:56 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:56 pm and 7:58 pm.
- 003-077 7:58 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 7:58 pm to 7:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 003-073, May 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-073 (accessed October 9, 2026).