Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-074
Nixon phone call with Miller on Social call and Media executives
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 5:01 PM–5:03 PM ET · White House Telephone · 42 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, informal telephone conversation with media executive Paul Miller to exchange pleasantries regarding their recent schedules. The discussion focused on Miller's recent trip to Augusta and his current presence in New York. No substantive policy matters or official business were addressed during this short social check-in.
- Social call
- Paul Miller
- Media executives
- Informal communication
- Augusta
Audio
NARA Description
On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Paul Miller talked on the telephone from 5:01 pm to 5:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-074 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 31-74
Date: October 16, 1972
Time: 5:01 pm - 5:03 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Paul Miller.
[See Conversation Nos. 799-36 and 800-1]
Miller's schedule
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[Duration: 1m 36s ]
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Also recorded on October 16, 1972
- 031-073 4:53 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 4:59 pm.
- 799-034 4:53 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 5:01 pm.
- 799-035 4:53 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 5:01 pm.
- 799-036 5:01 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul Miller met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:01 pm to 5:03 pm.
- 800-001 5:01 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul Miller met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:01 pm to 5:03 pm.
- 800-002 5:03 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., William R. Hearst, White House operator, unknown person(s), Robert W. Galvin, and Martin S. Hayden met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:03 pm to 5:26 pm.
- 031-075 5:04 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William R. Hearst talked on the telephone from 5:04 pm to 5:08 pm.
- 031-076 5:08 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:08 pm and 5:14 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 031-074, October 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-074 (accessed November 9, 2026).