Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 803 › Conversation 803-017

Nixon & O'Neill on Congressional relations and White House logistics

Wednesday, October 18, 1972 · 2:37 PM–2:39 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); O'Neill, Thomas P. ("Tip"), Jr.Conversation803-017 on Tape 803StartWednesday, October 18, 1972 at 2:37 PMEndWednesday, October 18, 1972 at 2:39 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 803-017 ↗

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President Nixon and Tip O'Neill discussed scheduling logistics for an upcoming meeting involving House leadership. Nixon coordinated with O'Neill to have staff finalize timing and ensure the Speaker of the House would be present for the session. The brief interaction concluded with plans to communicate further details through White House staff once the schedule was confirmed.

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Come on.

Yes, I'm talking to you.

I have no further communications except to wish you all the very best in the recess period.

And also I was going to suggest in your schedule I'm expecting calls that perhaps you might

All right.

What I can do is to have Bill call you, your office, as soon as we find him with the sentence up.

You know, once that's been ready.

And would you be able to inform the speaker and ask him if he'd come too?

Obviously, we'd want him there too.

But we would talk a little before we go outdoor.

Should we call it a day?

That's all.

Yeah, right.

That's right.

Good.

Sure.

All right.

I'll be here anyway.

Let's talk to you.

We'll look forward to seeing you later this afternoon.

NARA Description

On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:37 pm to 2:39 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 803-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 803-17

Date: October 18, 1972
Time: 2:37 pm - 2:39 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 31-119]

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803-018 2:40 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Nikolai S. Patolichev, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, William P. Rogers, Peter G. Peterson, Peter M. Flanigan, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:40 pm to 3:16 pm.
803-019 3:16 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:20 pm.
803-020 3:16 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:20 pm.
803-021 3:20 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:20 pm to 3:21 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 803-017, October 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/803-017 (accessed October 10, 2026).