{"conversationCode":"634-003","tapeNumber":634,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-634-003","startDateTime":"1971-12-09T19:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-09T19:39:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1971","startTime":"2:38 PM","endDate":"9-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mills, Wilbur D.;","description":"On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 634-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 634-3\n\nDate: December 9, 1971\nTime: 2:38 pm - 2:39 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with Wilbur D. Mills.\n\n[See Conversation No. 16-72]","filename":["634-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:11:35","tapeEnd":"00:13:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Mills, Wilbur D."],"prevCode":"634-002","nextCode":"634-004","transcript":[{"start":6.33,"end":7.53,"text":"Well, congratulations."},{"start":7.61,"end":11.09,"text":"Congratulations to the country, too."},{"start":13.03,"end":15.6,"text":"Yeah, we needed it, and it's truly... Yeah."},{"start":15.84,"end":16.6,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":16.64,"end":23.66,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":24.77,"end":29.23,"text":"Yeah, yeah, yeah."},{"start":32.31,"end":34.33,"text":"300, I'm surprised the Sunset Post can do that."},{"start":34.39,"end":44.77,"text":"Yeah, but, well, the Sheriff's got some influence on his tax code."},{"start":44.79,"end":52.38,"text":"Yeah, yeah, well, what's the next step now?"},{"start":52.52,"end":57.9,"text":"And what is your view as to what are they trying to get through?"},{"start":59.3,"end":59.68,"text":"They are."},{"start":70.89,"end":75.91,"text":"Well, if you'll be here that evening, if I'm needed to call you, I'll do it 100%."},{"start":76.13,"end":79.67,"text":"I have a new team that's supposed to work."},{"start":79.75,"end":80.39,"text":"We appreciate it."},{"start":81.49,"end":84.79,"text":"Otherwise, I'm just assuming that it's on track over there."},{"start":85.25,"end":86.31,"text":"Over there, you can't call."},{"start":86.39,"end":87.31,"text":"At first, you call 100%."},{"start":87.67,"end":90.61,"text":"And then you don't know."},{"start":91.15,"end":91.81,"text":"Well, okay."},{"start":91.87,"end":93.21,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":93.23,"end":95.66,"text":"I appreciate your hard work."},{"start":95.75,"end":95.89,"text":"Bye."},{"start":96.16,"end":98.36,"text":"Thanks a lot."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Congressman Wilbur D. Mills to exchange congratulations regarding the successful passage of pending legislation, likely related to economic or tax policy. The brief discussion served to affirm their ongoing collaboration, with Mills expressing his readiness to intervene or provide further support if the legislative process requires additional executive pressure. Nixon acknowledged the congressman's contributions, solidifying the coordination strategy for the remainder of the session.","topics":["Legislative strategy","Tax policy","Congressional relations","Wilbur D. Mills"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:27:20.640Z"},"topicSlugs":["legislative-strategy","tax-policy","congressional-relations","wilbur-d-mills"],"audioDurationSec":99,"audioFiles":[{"file":"634-003.mp3","bytes":3965175,"durationSec":99,"bitrate":320418,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.362Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/634-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/634-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/634/conversation-634-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}