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Nixon & Myers on Personal relations and Republican Party

Wednesday, February 9, 1972 · 8:34 AM–8:35 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Myers, John T.Conversation668-006 on Tape 668 (tape position 00:34:24–00:38:10)StartWednesday, February 9, 1972 at 8:34 AMEndWednesday, February 9, 1972 at 8:35 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 668-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Representative John T. Myers to extend personal birthday greetings. During the brief interaction, the two discussed the coincidental birthdays of other Republican colleagues also named John. No significant policy decisions or official business were conducted during this ceremonial exchange.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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38:23John, I just noted that you had a birthday yesterday, and I wanted to congratulate you.
38:30Also, I thought you'd be interested to know that two of your Republican colleagues had a birthday, and they're both Johns.
38:37John Meyer, he was yesterday, and John Irvinborn, so apparently everybody who was born this day was called John.

NARA Description

On February 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John T. Myers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:34 am to 8:35 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 668-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 668-6

Date: February 9, 1972
Time: 8:34 am - 8:35 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with John T. Myers.

[See Conversation No. 20-77; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

Also recorded on February 9, 1972

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  • 020-076 8:31 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and John N. Erleborn talked on the telephone from 8:31 am to 8:32 am.
  • 668-005 8:31 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Erleborn met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:31 am to 8:32 am.
  • 020-077 8:34 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John T. Myers talked on the telephone from 8:34 am to 8:35 am.
  • 020-078 8:39 AM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John M. Zwach talked on the telephone from 8:39 am to 8:40 am.
  • 668-007 8:39 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John M. Zwach met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:39 am to 8:40 am.
  • 020-079 8:40 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:40 am and 8:44 am.
  • 668-008 8:40 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:40 am and 8:44 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 668-006, February 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/668-006 (accessed October 2, 2026).