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Nixon & Conte on Birthday greetings and Personal relations

Tuesday, November 9, 1971 · 4:31 PM–4:32 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 36 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Conte, Silvio O.Conversation300-044 on Tape 300 (tape position 02:17:45–02:19:16)StartTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 4:31 PMEndTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 4:32 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 300-044 ↗

AI Summary

Representative Silvio O. Conte initiated a brief, informal telephone call to President Nixon to offer birthday greetings upon the President turning 58. The exchange served primarily as a social gesture to acknowledge the milestone. No substantive political or policy matters were discussed during the brief interaction.

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Yeah.
Yeah.
Hello?
I couldn't let anybody reach that watershed here at 50 without saying happy birthday to you.
My God, that's something.
I've heard that you need to just forget it.
You've got to be 58 to look back and say, boy, I was really young when I was there.
Okay.
Okay, bye.

NARA Description

On November 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Silvio O. Conte met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:31 pm to 4:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 300-044 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 300-044

Date: November 9, 1971
Time: 4:31 pm - 4:32 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Sylvio O. Conte.

[See Conversation No. 14-8]

Also recorded on November 9, 1971

  • 014-006 4:24 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:24 pm.
  • 014-007 4:24 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 300-040 4:24 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:24 pm.
  • 300-041 4:24 PM · 3 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 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 300-042 4:24 PM · 13 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 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 300-043 4:24 PM · 9 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 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 014-008 4:31 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Silvio O. Conte talked on the telephone from 4:31 pm to 4:32 pm.
  • 300-045 4:36 PM · 29 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:36 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 300-044, November 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/300-044 (accessed September 30, 2026).