Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-122

Nixon phone call with Timmons on Mike Mansfield and Henry Kissinger

Tuesday, February 20, 1973 · 4:17 PM–4:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Timmons, William E.Conversation043-122 on Tape 43StartTuesday, February 20, 1973 at 4:17 PMEndTuesday, February 20, 1973 at 4:18 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-122 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed William E. Timmons to reschedule a meeting with Mike Mansfield to Thursday morning, citing a need for Henry Kissinger to recover from travel and to better prepare for the discussion. Nixon also noted that Secretary of State William P. Rogers was scheduled to testify the following day. Timmons confirmed the change to the new 11:00 am slot, and the President instructed him to coordinate the update with the necessary parties.

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hello mr timmons there you are man's field and all the people that are coming and shift that to thursday morning uh just put it on the basis that uh henry got back late and i uh we get a little sleep before he gets up thursday's better for us okay and that we can just i'd put it on the basis that

and that we found that we could get more together.

Thursday's a better day for everybody concerned, okay?

All right, sir.

I'll do it.

Now, if we do it at 8.30, that's right.

And also, Roger's going to testify tomorrow.

That's a pretty good idea anyway.

Let him go out and do that.

So Thursday morning, same time.

All right, sir.

I'll call him now.

8.30, all right with you.

Wait just a minute.

11.

Huh?

11.

It says 830 is okay.

Great.

Fine, fine.

All right, fine.

NARA Description

On February 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 4:17 pm to 4:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-122 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-122

Date: February 20, 1973
Time: 4:17 pm - 4:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with William E. Timmons.

[See Conversation No. 411-9B]

       The President’s schedule
            -Meeting with Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
                  -Timing of meeting
                  -Henry A. Kissinger
                  -William P. Rogers
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 43-123 (cont’d)

Also recorded on February 20, 1973

043-119 3:18 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:18 pm.
043-121 3:22 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 4:17 pm.
411-007 3:22 PM · 10 sec — 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 3:22 pm and 4:15 pm.
411-008 3:22 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 3:22 pm and 4:15 pm.
411-020 3:22 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 4:15 pm.
411-009 4:15 PM · 1 hr 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House photographer, White House operator, William E. Timmons, unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, and Eugene Ormandy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:15 pm to 6:10 pm.
043-123 4:18 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:18 pm and 4:46 pm.
043-124 4:46 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Eugene Ormandy, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 4:46 pm to 4:51 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-122, February 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-122 (accessed October 1, 2026).