Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-078
Nixon phone call with Timmons on Congressional relations
Thursday, December 14, 1972 · 2:09 PM–2:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 30 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directs William E. Timmons to compile and deliver documentation regarding a specific legislative amendment sponsored by Senator Michael J. Mansfield. The request focuses on obtaining the exact language of the amendment, which concerned a four-month prison provision, alongside relevant voting records. Timmons commits to delivering this information to the Executive Office Building immediately to support the administration's tracking of congressional activities.
- Congressional relations
- Michael J. Mansfield
- Legislative process
- Voting records
- Executive Office Building
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NARA Description
On December 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 2:09 pm to 2:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-078 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-78
Date: December 14, 1972
Time: Between 2:09 pm - 2:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with William E. Timmons.
[See Conversation No. 384-9]
Congressional relations
-Request for report to Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Michael J. Mansfield amendment [?]
-Vote records
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- 384-009 2:09 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:09 pm to 2:10 pm.
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- 384-010 2:10 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 2:15 pm.
- 384-011 2:10 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 2:15 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-078, December 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-078 (accessed October 12, 2026).