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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Miller, PaulConversation031-074 on Tape 31StartMonday, October 16, 1972 at 5:01 PMEndMonday, October 16, 1972 at 5:03 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-074 ↗

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.

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Hello.
I have Paul Miller ready.
Okay.
See you later.
Hello.
Hello.
Paul?
I don't.
Why aren't you playing golf?
Well, I just returned from playing golf.
My God, honey, when it's cold.
Well, I...
I was at Augusta.
Oh, are you at Augusta now?
No, I'm in New York for a keyboard.
I just came up last night.
I'll be down there for the weekend.
Yeah, yeah.
It's a tough life you lead, you know.
Wonderful to hear from you.
One of the press lords.

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.

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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  • 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 · 9 sec — 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.

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 September 25, 2026).