Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-139

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Wilbur D. Mills

Saturday, March 17, 1973 · 1:25 PM–1:42 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-139 on Tape 37StartSaturday, March 17, 1973 at 1:25 PMEndSaturday, March 17, 1973 at 1:42 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-139 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Wilbur D. Mills of Arkansas. This request initiated communication with a key legislative leader during the 93rd Congress. No further developments were recorded in this brief administrative exchange.

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Would you try Congressman Wilbur Mills of Arkansas?
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On March 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 1:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-139 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-139

Date: March 17, 1973
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Time: Unknown between 1:25 pm and 1:42 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 882-12A]

       Request for a call to Wilbur D. Mills

Also recorded on March 17, 1973

  • 882-009 12:27 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:27 pm to 12:28 pm.
  • 882-010 12:28 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, unknown person(s), Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, William Warnack, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:28 pm to 12:47 pm.
  • 882-011 12:47 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:47 pm.
  • 882-012 12:47 PM · 1 hr 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), John W. Dean, III, White House operator, and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:47 pm to 2:10 pm.
  • 037-140 1:42 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills talked on the telephone from 1:42 pm to 1:52 pm.
  • 416-044 2:10 PM · 18 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 3:05 pm.
  • 416-045 2:10 PM — 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 3:05 pm.
  • 882-013 2:10 PM · 19 sec — unknown person(s) and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 3:37 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-139, March 17, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-139 (accessed October 12, 2026).