Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-101

Nixon, Scott & Mansfield on Senate and State of the Union

Tuesday, January 18, 1972 · 12:33 PM–12:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Scott, Hugh; Mansfield, Michael J. ("Mike")Conversation018-101 on Tape 18 (tape position 04:56:52–04:58:32)StartTuesday, January 18, 1972 at 12:33 PMEndTuesday, January 18, 1972 at 12:34 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-101 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192295 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with Senate leaders Hugh Scott and Mike Mansfield regarding the formal opening of the Senate and his upcoming address to a joint session of Congress. Nixon confirmed his intention to speak on January 20th, joking about the length of his remarks while coordinating logistics for his appearance. The participants also exchanged pleasantries about their recent recesses and briefly discussed the senators' lack of involvement in current presidential campaigns.

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NARA Description

On January 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Hugh Scott, and Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield talked on the telephone from 12:33 pm to 12:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-101 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 18-101

Date: January 18, 1972
Time: 12:33 pm - 12:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Hugh Scott and Michael J. Mansfield.

[See Conversation No. 650-11]

     Assembling of US Senate
         -Communications from the President
         -Scott’s and Mansfield’s schedules
         -The President's address on January 20, 1972
              -Time
              -Length

     Possible visit of the President to Capitol Hill
          -Mansfield’s and Scott’s candidacies

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Hello.
Mr. President, thank you.
There you are.
Hello.
Mr. President.
Yes, how are you?
Fine, thank you.
Mike and I are here to inform you that the Senate has assembled and we have had to receive any communications from you.
Well, thank you very much, and I hope that both Mike and you had a little time off, Mike in Florida and you in Philadelphia.
Thank you.
That's right.
I had a hard time at home, I'm going to say, to get ready for... And how about you, Mike?
Oh, fine, Mr. President.
Good rest.
Do you intend to address the joint session at 12.30 on Thursday next?
Yes.
In fact, that's Thursday after tomorrow.
If I'm...
unless i come down with pneumonia i'll be there so i'll be i look forward to seeing you at 12 30 and uh i'll try not to keep you too long about three hours three hours is that fair enough fair enough fair enough delighted to have you come up and visit your old place in the center floor anytime during this yeah i'll tell you i think i will do that one time it occurred to me it would be a good idea you know just for old time's sake we'll come up and
Maybe have a little lunch with Mike and you and the rest.
Well, we'd love it.
I'd be happy if you would.
Have a little fun, you know, and forget politics for a while.
That's right.
In fact, I was just thinking, Mike, that you and you are the only two people I know in the Senate that aren't candidates, so I'm glad to talk to you.
Mike, are you a candidate?
No.
Tell me.
Don't keep me in the dark now.
No, no.
You can bet on that.
All right, Mike.
Okay.
Okay, Mr. President.
All right, thank you.
We look forward to seeing you.
Yes, thank you.

Also recorded on January 18, 1972

  • 018-113 10:58 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 12:33 pm.
  • 650-007 11:27 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:27 am.
  • 650-008 11:27 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:27 am to 11:31 am.
  • 650-009 11:31 AM · 60 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Arthur F. Burns, John B. Connally, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:31 am to 12:31 pm.
  • 650-010 12:31 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:33 pm.
  • 650-011 12:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Hugh Scott, and Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:33 pm to 12:34 pm.
  • 650-012 12:34 PM · 1 hr 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Gerald R. Ford, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:34 pm to 2:29 pm.
  • 018-102 12:41 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, Gerald R. Ford, and Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:41 pm to 12:44 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 018-101, January 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192295). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-101 (accessed November 1, 2026).