{"conversationCode":"036-074","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":74,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-074","startDateTime":"1973-01-23T17:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-23T17:43:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jan-1973","startTime":"12:40 PM","endDate":"23-Jan-1973","endTime":"12:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); Timmons, William E.;","description":"On January 23, 1973, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 12:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-074 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 36-74\n\nDate: January 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:40 pm and 12:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with William E. Timmons.\n\n[This is the original beginning of Conversation No. 036-074, which has been merged with\nConversation No. 036-073.]\n\f                                              -47-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n[See also Conversation No. 404-11E]\n\n       Possible joint session of Congress\n             -The President's instructions\n                   -John C. Stennis","filename":["036-074.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","Timmons, William E."],"prevCode":"036-073","nextCode":"036-075","transcript":[{"start":1.25,"end":20.17,"text":"on to thank you hello president would like you to check with stennis and get his advice on a purely personal basis okay just to what he thinks all right he ought to do view of the hour and so on turn him off his tennis then"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman and William E. Timmons coordinate instructions from President Nixon regarding the timing of a potential joint session of Congress. The primary action item involves Timmons consulting Senator John C. Stennis privately to solicit his personal advice on the matter. This outreach serves to gauge legislative sentiment and determine the President's optimal strategy for scheduling.","topics":["Joint Session of Congress","John C. Stennis","Congressional Relations","Legislative Strategy","Presidential Instructions"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:02:03.210Z"},"topicSlugs":["joint-session-of-congress","john-c-stennis","congressional-relations","legislative-strategy","presidential-instructions"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-074.mp3","bytes":609027,"durationSec":25.25,"bitrate":192933,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.775Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-074.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-074","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-074","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}