{"conversationCode":"034-078","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":78,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-078","startDateTime":"1972-12-14T19:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-14T19:10:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Dec-1972","startTime":"2:09 PM","endDate":"14-Dec-1972","endTime":"2:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Timmons, William E.;","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.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 34-78\n\nDate: December 14, 1972\nTime: Between 2:09 pm - 2:10 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with William E. Timmons.\n\n[See Conversation No. 384-9]\n\n       Congressional relations\n            -Request for report to Executive Office Building [EOB]\n                  -Michael J. Mansfield amendment [?]\n                        -Vote records\n\f                                                 -64-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["034-078.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Timmons, William E."],"prevCode":"034-077","nextCode":"034-079","transcript":[{"start":0.94,"end":3.27,"text":"Mr. Timmons."},{"start":3.29,"end":5.29,"text":"Well, yes, sir."},{"start":5.97,"end":13.5,"text":"Just hand over to the EOB what the last Mansfield or whatever the hell it was."},{"start":13.68,"end":14.16,"text":"The language?"},{"start":14.18,"end":18.09,"text":"Yeah, about four months in prison, would you do that?"},{"start":18.21,"end":18.69,"text":"I sure will."},{"start":18.71,"end":21.15,"text":"And when it was and what the vote on it was, okay?"},{"start":21.17,"end":22.39,"text":"I'll do it right away."},{"start":22.41,"end":22.86,"text":"All right, okay."},{"start":22.88,"end":24.64,"text":"Righto."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Congressional relations","Michael J. Mansfield","Legislative process","Voting records","Executive Office Building"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:33:34.271Z"},"topicSlugs":["congressional-relations","michael-j-mansfield","legislative-process","voting-records","executive-office-building"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-078.mp3","bytes":733133,"durationSec":30.41,"bitrate":192845,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.149Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-078.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-078","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-078","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}