Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-086
Nixon phone call with Timmons on Congressional relations
Tuesday, May 1, 1973 · 1:22 PM–1:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 44 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon calls William E. Timmons to reprimand him for his perceived passivity and negative attitude regarding congressional relations. Expressing frustration over criticisms from Representatives Leslie C. Arends and Gerald R. Ford, Nixon demands that Timmons take a more proactive approach in mobilizing congressional support. The conversation concludes with Timmons acknowledging the President's directives and committing to increased efforts in his legislative outreach.
- Congressional relations
- William E. Timmons
- Legislative strategy
- Executive leadership
- Political mobilization
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NARA Description
On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 1:22 pm to 1:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-086 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 45-86
Date: May 1, 1973
Time: 1:22 pm - 1:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with William E. Timmons.
[See also Conversation No. 433-18]
Timmons’s negative attitude
President’s conversation with Leslie C. Arends
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 45-86 (cont’d)
Orders to Timmons
-Congressional relations
-Congress members’s statements
President’s conversation with Arends
-Timmons
-Gerald R. FordAlso recorded on May 1, 1973
- 045-084 1:18 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leslie C. Arends talked on the telephone from 1:18 pm to 1:20 pm.
- 433-016 1:18 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leslie C. Arends met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:18 pm to 1:20 pm.
- 045-085 1:20 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:22 pm.
- 433-017 1:20 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:22 pm.
- 433-018 1:22 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:22 pm to 1:23 pm.
- 045-087 1:23 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:24 pm.
- 433-019 1:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:24 pm to 1:26 pm.
- 433-088 1:26 PM · 8 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 1:26 pm and 1:28 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 045-086, May 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-086 (accessed October 5, 2026).