Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 410 › Conversation 410-027

Nixon & Timmons on Mike Mansfield and Congressional relations

Thursday, March 15, 1973 · 4:42 PM–4:44 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Timmons, William E.Conversation410-027 on Tape 410StartThursday, March 15, 1973 at 4:42 PMEndThursday, March 15, 1973 at 4:44 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 410-027 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417187063 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and William E. Timmons discuss strategies for maintaining legislative communication with Senate leadership, specifically focusing on Senator Mike Mansfield. They address the necessity of providing briefings to senators regarding upcoming administrative initiatives and policy developments. The pair concludes that Timmons should coordinate with Senator Mansfield to facilitate these briefings and ensure the administration maintains a structured flow of information.

Mike Mansfield
Congressional relations
Legislative briefing
William E. Timmons
Senate communication

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NARA Description

On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:42 pm to 4:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 410-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 410-27

Date: March 15, 1973
Time: 4:42 pm - 4:44 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with William E. Timmons.

[See Conversation No. 43-96]

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Well, you know, I, just because of the need to keep some communication between people, with Mansfield and some of them, you say that it's possible that I have Mansfield's reference.

I don't know what to tell you.

I can give them.

I can tell them I have a mind.

I can say, now listen, we're going to be briefing them eventually, once you know what's coming down the pipe.

I suppose that on that

We should come.

You might call to see if they can come.

One message is our call the senator first.

Senator Sands said I wanted to have a position before.

But just the Senate side.

Well, I've got to do it for him.

Right.

Thank you.

Also recorded on March 15, 1973

410-025 4:34 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:34 pm to 4:35 pm.
410-026 4:35 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:42 pm.
410-028 4:45 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:45 pm.
410-029 4:45 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:45 pm to 4:47 pm.
410-030 4:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:47 pm and 4:50 pm.
410-031 4:47 PM · 18 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 4:47 pm and 4:50 pm.
410-032 4:50 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:50 pm to 4:52 pm.
410-033 4:52 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:52 pm to 5:43 pm.

All 84 conversations from March 15, 1973 →

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Nixon, Ehrlichman & MacGregor on Congressional relations and Spiro Agnew June 23, 1971 · 3 min
Nixon phone call with Scowcroft on Laos ceasefire and Cambodia February 15, 1973 · 2 min
Nixon phone call with Timmons on Mike Mansfield and Henry Kissinger February 20, 1973 · 1 min
Nixon phone call with Kissinger on Vietnam War and Congressional relations January 5, 1973 · 4 min
Nixon & Mansfield on Foreign policy and Diplomacy January 27, 1972 · 7 min

Cite this conversation

Conversation 410-027, March 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417187063). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/410-027 (accessed November 15, 2026).