Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-130
Nixon phone call with Lynn on Cabinet confirmation and Housing policy
Thursday, January 11, 1973 · 9:42 PM–9:43 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon called James T. Lynn to offer encouragement regarding Lynn’s pending cabinet confirmation and to explain the scheduling delay for upcoming cabinet meetings. The two discussed the progress of the confirmation process in the Senate, specifically addressing political hurdles raised by Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. They also briefly commended outgoing Secretary George W. Romney for his recent public stance on housing, acknowledging the behind-the-scenes role played by Paul O'Neill at the Office of Management and Budget in shaping that position.
- Cabinet confirmation
- Housing policy
- George W. Romney
- James T. Lynn
- Office of Management and Budget
- Senate hearings
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NARA Description
On January 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and James T. Lynn talked on the telephone from 9:42 pm to 9:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-130 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 35-130
Date: January 11, 1973
Time: 9:42 pm - 9:43 pm
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 35-130 (cont’d)
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with James T. Lynn.
[See Conversation No. 838-12]
The President schedule
-Cabinet meetings
-Confirmations
Lynn's confirmation hearings
-Timing
-Harrison A. Williams, Jr.
-Housing issue
-George W. Romney’s housing speech [at National Association of Home
Builders meeting in Houston, January 8, 1973]
-Paul H. O'Neill
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]Also recorded on January 12, 1973
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- 395-017 8:07 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 8:19 am.
- 395-018 8:07 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 8:19 am.
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- 395-019 8:19 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:19 am to 8:28 pm.
- 395-020 8:28 AM · 15 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 8:28 am and 8:55 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 035-130, January 12, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-130 (accessed October 11, 2026).