Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 16 › Conversation 016-023

Nixon phone call with Young on Birthday greetings and Appropriations Committee

Monday, December 6, 1971 · 12:49 PM–12:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 41 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Young, Milton R.Conversation016-023 on Tape 16 (tape position 00:52:03–00:52:43)StartMonday, December 6, 1971 at 12:49 PMEndMonday, December 6, 1971 at 12:50 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 016-023 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417191295 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon placed a brief telephone call to Senator Milton R. Young to extend personal birthday greetings. During the exchange, the President acknowledged the Senator’s significant legislative contributions, specifically highlighting his dedicated work on the Senate Appropriations Committee. The conversation served primarily as a gesture of political rapport and goodwill between the two men.

Milton R. Young
Birthday greetings
Appropriations Committee
Executive-Legislative relations
Political rapport

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NARA Description

On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Milton R. Young talked on the telephone from 12:49 pm to 12:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 16-23

Date: December 6, 1971
Time: 12:49 pm - 12:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Milton R. Young.

[See Conversation No. 630-7C]

     Appropriations Committee
         -Young’s work

     Birthday wishes

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/02/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[016-023-w001]
[Duration: 6s]

     Election results
           -Opponent’s lack of strength

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Hello.

Senator Young, Mr. President.

Hello, Mel.

Hello.

Milt?

Yeah.

I know that in these closing days of the session you're probably tied up in the Senate, but I'm just checking my files here and found out you had your birthday today.

And I couldn't have the fellow that's done so much for us down there and, you know, and carrying on those appropriations committees and the rest go by without telling you congratulations.

Well, that's real nice.

Yeah, and I hope you have many happy returns.

Okay, Bill.

Thanks a million.

Bye.

Also recorded on December 6, 1971

630-004 12:32 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm.
630-005 12:32 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm.
630-006 12:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 12:39 pm.
630-007 12:39 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, Milton R. Young, Stephen B. Bull, Willard Edwards, the White House photographer, and unknown person(s) from a National Broadcasting Channel (NBC) film crew met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:39 pm to 12:59 pm.
016-024 12:50 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 1:05 pm.
630-008 12:59 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, White House operator, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:59 pm to 1:11 pm.
016-025 1:05 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at 1:05 pm.
016-026 1:05 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 6:44 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 016-023, December 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191295). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-023 (accessed November 2, 2026).