Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-077

Nixon phone call with Myers on Birthday greetings and Congress

Wednesday, February 9, 1972 · 8:34 AM–8:35 AM ET · White House Telephone · 43 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Myers, John T.Conversation020-077 on Tape 20 (tape position 02:25:57–02:26:40)StartWednesday, February 9, 1972 at 8:34 AMEndWednesday, February 9, 1972 at 8:35 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-077 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Representative John T. Myers engaged in a brief, informal telephone conversation initiated by Myers to extend birthday wishes to the President. During the exchange, the two men discussed the President's age and speculated about the long-term political career of the Congressman. The dialogue concluded with a lighthearted remark regarding the potential for Myers to eventually become Speaker of the House.

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Congressman Myers, sir.
Good morning.
Hi, John.
I just thought you should know that I noted from my congressional people that you had a birthday yesterday.
Well, you know, times when I'm not here, I just can't believe you could be 45 years of age.
I can't.
You don't hate to think about it.
Yeah, don't you hate to think about it?
That gives you about 25, 30 more years in the Congress, and by that time, who knows, you might be Speaker.
Yeah.

NARA Description

On February 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John T. Myers talked on the telephone from 8:34 am to 8:35 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-077 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-77

Date: February 9, 1972
Time: 8:34 am - 8:35 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with John T. Myers.

[See Conversation No. 668-6]

     Birthday greetings
          -Age

     Possibility of becoming Speaker of the House

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/30/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[020-077-w002]
[Duration: 16s]

       Possibility of becoming Speaker of the House
              -Prospects for Republican Party victory in 1972

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Also recorded on February 9, 1972

  • 668-004 8:28 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:28 am to 8:31 am.
  • 020-076 8:31 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and John N. Erleborn talked on the telephone from 8:31 am to 8:32 am.
  • 668-005 8:31 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Erleborn met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:31 am to 8:32 am.
  • 668-006 8:34 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John T. Myers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:34 am to 8:35 am.
  • 020-078 8:39 AM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John M. Zwach talked on the telephone from 8:39 am to 8:40 am.
  • 668-007 8:39 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John M. Zwach met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:39 am to 8:40 am.
  • 020-079 8:40 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:40 am and 8:44 am.
  • 668-008 8:40 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:40 am and 8:44 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-077, February 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-077 (accessed October 2, 2026).