Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-027

Nixon phone call with Davis on birthday and personal relations

Friday, October 29, 1971 · 11:34 AM–11:35 AM ET · White House Telephone · 39 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Davis, Glenn R.Conversation013-027 on Tape 13 (tape position 01:03:12–01:03:51)StartFriday, October 29, 1971 at 11:34 AMEndFriday, October 29, 1971 at 11:35 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-027 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190269 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated this brief call to Congressman Glenn R. Davis to extend belated birthday greetings. The two men engaged in lighthearted personal banter, referencing information provided by Clark MacGregor regarding their respective ages. The conversation concluded with a casual discussion about golf and the President expressing his appreciation for Davis's legislative support.

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NARA Description

On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Glenn R. Davis talked on the telephone from 11:34 am to 11:35 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-027

Date: October 29, 1971
Time: 11:34 am - 11:35 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Glenn R. Davis.

[See Conversation No. 607-14]

     Davis’ birthday
          -Clark MacGregor

     Golf

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Congressman Glenn Davis, Mr. President.
Yeah.
Hello?
Hey, Mr. President.
How are you?
I didn't realize until I...
McGregor sent it in to me that you were almost as old as I was yesterday.
Well, by God, it was another milestone.
I'm telling you, you're just one year behind me.
You're going to pass me before you know it.
God, I hope not.
I'm not going to get any older.
I hope not.
They're coming along too fast as it is.
The way you get out there and play that golf, though, I mean, you'll be...
I never see you except in the golf course.
Oh, well, God damn it.
I'm glad you're voting on then, though.
Well, anyway, good luck and take care, okay?
Well, all right.
It was very nice of you to call.
Bye.

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  • 607-011 11:01 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Arthur F. Burns, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:01 am to 11:30 am.
  • 607-012 11:30 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 11:33 am.
  • 607-013 11:30 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 11:33 am.
  • 607-014 11:33 AM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William D. Ruckelhaus, John D. Ehrlichman, John C. Whitaker and White House photographer, Glenn R. Davis, Clifford M. Hardin, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, William Harrison Fetridge, John W. Starr, Walter L. Lingle, Jr., Alden G. Barber, Tony Allen, Paul Grimes, Ivery Kevin, Dennis L. Spencer, Robert L. Avery, Robert Meek, Grant Soukup, Darry L. Bellard, Michael S. Jones, Kenneth Spann, John D. Ehrlichman, William F. Rhatican, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:33 am to 12:25 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-027, October 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190269). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-027 (accessed November 14, 2026).