Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-080
Nixon phone call with Getty on Birthday greetings and Diplomatic relations
Thursday, December 14, 1972 · 3:04 PM–3:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon telephoned Jean Paul Getty to extend warm personal wishes on the occasion of Getty’s 80th birthday. The conversation served to reaffirm their ongoing friendship and included a brief mention of Tricia Nixon Cox’s travel plans to 10 Downing Street. Getty expressed his strong personal support for the President’s administration before the call concluded with mutual well-wishes.
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NARA Description
On December 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Jean Paul Getty talked on the telephone from 3:04 pm to 3:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-080 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-80
Date: December 14, 1972
Time: 3:04 pm - 3:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with J[ean] Paul Getty.
[See Conversation No. 383-1A]
Birthday greetings
-The President’s previous visit to Getty
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-10 Downing Street
- Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
Expression of supportAlso recorded on December 14, 1972
- 383-002 3:24 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:24 pm and 3:25 pm.
- 034-081 3:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:25 pm.
- 034-082 3:25 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:29 pm.
- 383-003 3:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:25 pm.
- 383-004 3:25 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:29 pm.
- 383-005 3:25 PM · 20 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 3:25 pm and 3:29 pm.
- 383-006 3:29 PM · 2 hr 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Arthur Krock, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John A. Scali, Manolo Sanchez, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), White House operator, and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:29 pm to 6:01 pm.
- 034-083 3:32 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Arthur Krock talked on the telephone from 3:32 pm to 3:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-080, December 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-080 (accessed September 28, 2026).