Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-038

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Sam Huff

Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 11:23 AM ET · White House Telephone · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation029-038 on Tape 29StartTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 11:23 AMEndTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 11:23 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-038 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to Sam Huff. The President provides the operator with the correct spelling of Huff's surname to ensure the connection is established. This brief exchange serves as a routine administrative coordination to facilitate a direct communication between the President and Huff.

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I'd like to get Mr. Sam Huff, please.
I think you've got a name there for him.
H-U-F-F.
Right, Mr. President.
Thank you.
You're welcome.

NARA Description

On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:23 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-038 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 29-38

Date: August 8, 1972
Time: 11:23 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 765-11]

     Request for a call to Sam Huff

Also recorded on August 8, 1972

  • 765-007 10:45 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:58 am.
  • 765-008 10:45 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:58 am.
  • 765-010 11:20 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:23 am.
  • 765-011 11:23 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:23 am.
  • 765-012 11:23 AM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, Sam Huff, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:23 am to 12:05 pm.
  • 029-039 11:36 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:36 am and 11:41 am.
  • 029-040 11:41 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Sam Huff talked on the telephone from 11:41 am to 11:44 am.
  • 029-041 11:44 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 12:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 029-038, August 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-038 (accessed October 9, 2026).