Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-097
Nixon phone call with Welch on US Conference of Mayors and Vietnam War
Wednesday, June 21, 1972 · 9:23 AM–9:25 AM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon called Houston Mayor Louie Welch to congratulate him on his expected election as head of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and to express gratitude for Welch’s public support of his Vietnam policy. The two discussed the geopolitical necessity of continuing the war effort to protect POWs and prevent communist expansion. Nixon also outlined his legislative strategy for securing revenue sharing, noting the potential challenges of moving the bill through an open-rule environment in the Senate despite the cooperation of Senator Russell B. Long.
- US Conference of Mayors
- Vietnam War
- Revenue sharing
- POWs
- Russell B. Long
- Legislative strategy
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NARA Description
On June 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Louie Welch talked on the telephone from 9:23 am to 9:25 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-097 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-97
Date: June 21, 1972
Time: 9:23-9:25 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Louie Welch.
[See Conversation No. 739-3]
US Conference of Mayors
-Welch's election
-President's congratulations
Vietnam
-Administration policy
-Welch's support
-Results
-Alternatives
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Consequences
-Welch's support for President
Revenue sharing
-Congress
-Senate
-Passage
-Russell B. Long
-Support
-Difficulties
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Senate open rule
-Long
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/31/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[025-097-w002]
[Duration: 30s]
Houston Astros
-Success in National League race
-Young team
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Summer heat
-Potential success
*****************************************************************Also recorded on June 21, 1972
- 739-001 9:02 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:10 am.
- 025-095 9:05 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 9:10 am.
- 025-096 9:10 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:10 am.
- 739-002 9:10 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:10 am.
- 739-003 9:23 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Louie Welch met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:23 am to 9:25 am.
- 739-004 9:30 AM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Alexander P. Butterfield, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:30 am to 10:38 am.
- 025-098 10:13 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:13 am and 10:22 am.
- 025-099 10:22 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:22 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 025-097, June 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-097 (accessed October 12, 2026).