Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-128

Nixon phone call with Poff on Political relations and Personal correspondence

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 12:42 PM–12:43 PM ET · White House Telephone · 41 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Poff, Richard H.Conversation011-128 on Tape 11 (tape position 03:31:13–03:31:54)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 12:42 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 12:43 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-128 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon telephoned Representative Richard H. Poff to extend personal birthday greetings. The brief, informal exchange served as a gesture of goodwill and rapport-building between the President and the Congressman. No official policy matters or political actions were discussed during the conversation.

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I just learned from Timmons that you were 48 today, so I wanted to congratulate you.
I would have mentioned it at the meeting this morning.
You're the only member of Congress or the Senate who celebrates a birthday today, so...
Well, that's why so many people have commented then, but I never thought the President would have that.
Well, anyway, I just hope you stay around, and the political world is the rest of my life.
Well, you're very kind, Mr. President, and I hope that that will be 100 years.
All right, good.
Thank you, sir.
Give my best to your family.
I certainly will.
Bye.

NARA Description

On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard H. Poff talked on the telephone from 12:42 pm to 12:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-128 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 011-128

 Date: October 19, 1971
 Time: 12:42 pm - 12:43 pm
 Location: White House Telephone

Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

 The President talked with Richard H. Poff.

 [See Conversation No. 596-13B]

        William E. Timmons
              -Birthday congratulations

Also recorded on October 19, 1971

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  • 596-013 12:36 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Richard H. Poff, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:36 pm to 12:53 pm.
  • 011-129 12:45 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:45 pm to 12:46 pm.
  • 011-130 12:46 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 12:54 pm.
  • 596-014 12:53 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:53 pm.
  • 596-015 12:53 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 12:54 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-128, October 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/011-128 (accessed October 23, 2026).