Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 31 › Conversation 031-092
Nixon phone call with Williams on World Series and Texas Rangers
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 8:12 PM–8:14 PM ET · White House Telephone ·2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and baseball legend Ted Williams engaged in a brief, informal social call to exchange pleasantries and discuss current events. The conversation touched upon Williams’ recent hunting trip in Vermont, their mutual interest in the World Series, and the status of the Texas Rangers. Williams concluded the call by expressing his political support for the President’s reelection campaign.
- Ted Williams
- World Series
- Texas Rangers
- Hunting
- Presidential Election
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NARA Description
On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Theodore S. ("Ted") Williams talked on the telephone from 8:12 pm to 8:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-092 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 31-92
Date: October 16, 1972
Time: 8:12 pm - 8:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Theodore S. (“Ted”) Williams.
Greetings
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-Texas Rangers
The President's schedule
(rev. Oct-06)
-World Series
-Congress
William's schedule
-Putney, Vermont
-Mrs. Williams
-Pointer dog
-Hunting
-Rogers C.B. Morton
-[First name not known] Townsend
-King Timahoe
Farewells
-Mrs. WilliamsAlso recorded on October 17, 1972
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- 031-093 8:08 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard M. Scaife talked on the telephone from 8:08 pm to 8:11 pm.
- 031-094 8:16 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John T. Connor talked on the telephone from 8:16 pm to 8:19 pm.
- 031-095 8:24 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John F. Collins talked on the telephone from 8:24 pm to 8:30 pm.
- 031-096 8:33 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Mulcahy, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:33 pm to 8:36 pm.
- 031-097 8:36 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:36 pm and 9:42 pm.
- 031-098 7:54 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 9:12 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 031-092, October 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-092 (accessed September 18, 2026).