Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 799 › Conversation 799-036
Nixon & Miller on Social call and Golf
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 5:01 PM–5:03 PM ET · Oval Office · 21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, informal telephone conversation with Paul Miller to inquire about Miller’s activities and golf plans. The discussion remained personal and social in nature, serving as a check-in rather than a deliberation on official policy or administrative matters. No significant decisions or action items were addressed during the brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Paul Miller met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:01 pm to 5:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 799-036 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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Also recorded on October 16, 1972
- 031-073 4:53 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 4:59 pm.
- 799-034 4:53 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 5:01 pm.
- 799-035 4:53 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 5:01 pm.
- 031-074 5:01 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul Miller talked on the telephone from 5:01 pm to 5:03 pm.
- 800-001 5:01 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul Miller met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:01 pm to 5:03 pm.
- 800-002 5:03 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., William R. Hearst, White House operator, unknown person(s), Robert W. Galvin, and Martin S. Hayden met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:03 pm to 5:26 pm.
- 031-075 5:04 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William R. Hearst talked on the telephone from 5:04 pm to 5:08 pm.
- 031-076 5:08 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:08 pm and 5:14 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 799-036, October 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/799-036 (accessed September 25, 2026).