Nixon White House TapesTape 32 › Conversation 032-106

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Sonny Jurgensen

Wednesday, November 1, 1972 · 9:00 AM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-106 on Tape 32StartWednesday, November 1, 1972 at 9:00 AMEndWednesday, November 1, 1972 at 9:00 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-106 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal phone call to professional football player Sonny Jurgensen. The President requested that the operator locate Jurgensen, who was reportedly a patient at Georgetown Hospital at the time. This brief exchange served solely to initiate the connection for this specific communication.

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Mr. Sonny Jurgensen, I think he's at the Georgetown Hospital.
Yes, sir.
Thank you.

On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:00 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-106 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 032-106

Date: November 1, 1972
Time: 9:00 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 379-3]

        Request for a call to Christian A. ("Sonny") Jurgenson
           -Location
                -Georgetown Hospital
  • 032-105 8:55 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:55 am to 8:56 am.
  • 032-107 9:00 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:02 am.
  • 379-003 9:00 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:00 am.
  • 379-004 9:00 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:02 am.
  • 032-108 9:02 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:02 am to 9:03 am.
  • 379-005 9:02 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:02 am to 9:03 am.
  • 032-109 9:03 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:03 am and 9:09 am.
  • 379-006 9:03 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:03 am and 9:09 am.

Conversation 032-106, November 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-106 (accessed September 24, 2026).