{"conversationCode":"011-128","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":128,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-128","startDateTime":"1971-10-19T16:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-19T16:43:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:42 PM","endDate":"19-Oct-1971","endTime":"12:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Poff, Richard H.;","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.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 011-128\n\n Date: October 19, 1971\n Time: 12:42 pm - 12:43 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n The President talked with Richard H. Poff.\n\n [See Conversation No. 596-13B]\n\n        William E. Timmons\n              -Birthday congratulations","filename":["011-128.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:31:13","tapeEnd":"03:31:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Poff, Richard H."],"prevCode":"011-127","nextCode":"011-129","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":12.32,"text":"I just learned from Timmons that you were 48 today, so I wanted to congratulate you."},{"start":12.6,"end":14.26,"text":"I would have mentioned it at the meeting this morning."},{"start":14.78,"end":20.34,"text":"You're the only member of Congress or the Senate who celebrates a birthday today, so..."},{"start":20.32,"end":25.49,"text":"Well, that's why so many people have commented then, but I never thought the President would have that."},{"start":25.51,"end":32.56,"text":"Well, anyway, I just hope you stay around, and the political world is the rest of my life."},{"start":32.7,"end":36.29,"text":"Well, you're very kind, Mr. President, and I hope that that will be 100 years."},{"start":36.77,"end":37.79,"text":"All right, good."},{"start":37.81,"end":38.19,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":38.21,"end":39.21,"text":"Give my best to your family."},{"start":39.23,"end":40.34,"text":"I certainly will."},{"start":40.44,"end":40.52,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Richard H. Poff","White House communications","Political relations","Personal correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:27:07.229Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-h-poff","white-house-communications","political-relations","personal-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":41,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-128.mp3","bytes":1303773,"durationSec":40.61,"bitrate":256843,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-128.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-128","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-128","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}