Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 13 › Conversation 013-068

Nixon phone call with Miller on Birthday greetings and Congressional relations

Tuesday, November 2, 1971 · 12:56 PM–12:57 PM ET · White House Telephone ·58 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Miller, Clarence E.Conversation013-068 onTape 13 (tape position 02:34:20–02:35:19)StartTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 12:56 PMEndTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 12:57 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-068 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated this call to Congressman Clarence Miller to offer birthday well-wishes, prompted by a briefing from William E. Timmons. The two discussed Miller's age and the President's personal connection to Ohio, Miller's home state. The conversation concluded with Miller reaffirming his general support for the administration's agenda despite local political pressures from his constituency's universities.

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Hello.
Congressman Clarence Miller, Mr. President.
Yeah.
Hello.
Hello.
Mr. President.
Clarence, I have a thing to ask you, but my friend Timmons told me you had a birthday, and I didn't want any of my old, my father's Ohio people not being recognized on their birthday.
Well, now, I certainly appreciate that.
I can't realize you're that old, though.
Well, I'm 39 and holding right now.
That's right.
Well, I've been 39 for a number of years, but I see here that...
You're 54.
Oh, no, no.
Well, you've still got a lot of good years to go.
Yeah, well, we're just starting.
Particularly from the 10th District.
You can give your wife all my best.
I certainly will, and I wanted to mention, since we're on the phone, we haven't been able to stay with all the programs that you have.
Oh, I understand that.
You undoubtedly know the story.
We've got some universities back in the district that send me up a tree now and then.
That's right.
We'll do all we can to help.
It'll look good in the end, I assure you.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Clarence E. Miller talked on the telephone from 12:56 pm to 12:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-068 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-068

Date: November 2, 1971
Time: 12:56 pm - 12:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Clarence E. Miller.

[See Conversation No. 611-21A]

     President's conversation with William E. Timmons
           -Miller's birthday
                 -President's father
                 -Age

     Helen Miller

     Miller's support for President's programs

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-068, November 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-068 (accessed September 18, 2026).