Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 42 › Conversation 042-029

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Office of Management and…

Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 7:16 PM–10:59 AM ET · White House Telephone · 27 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]; White House operatorConversation042-029 on Tape 42 (tape position 00:28:51–00:29:26)StartTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 7:16 PMEndWednesday, April 7, 1971 at 10:59 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 042-029 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417187813 ↗

A 27-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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Unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 7:16 pm on April 6, 1971 and 10:59 am on April 7, 1971. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-029 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 42-29

Date: Unknown between April 6 and April 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:16 pm, April 6 and 10:59 am, April 7, 1971
Location: White House Telephone

Terry [Surname unknown] talked with the White House operator.

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[Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/24/2018. Segment
cleared for release.]
[Non-historical Returnable]
[042-029-w001]
[Duration: 36s]

       Call to extension 280

The operator placed the call on hold at an unknown time.

     [Dead air]

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Please.
Julie, just get in the OMB, please.
Thank you.
Indeed, on this atomic...
  • 042-024 5:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Elliot L. Richardson talked on the telephone from 5:20 pm to 5:23 pm.
  • 042-025 5:23 PM · 17 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:23 pm and 5:43 pm.
  • 042-026 5:23 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:23 pm and 5:43 pm.
  • 042-027 5:43 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:43 pm to 5:44 pm.
  • 042-028 7:15 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 7:15 pm to 7:16 pm.
  • 042-107 7:16 PM · 39 sec — Unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 7:16 pm on April 6, 1971 and 10:59 am on April 7, 1971.
  • 475-008 8:59 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:59 pm.
  • 475-009 9:00 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:00 pm to 9:20 pm.

Conversation 042-029, April 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417187813). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-029 (accessed November 9, 2026).