Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-005

Nixon phone call with Andreas on Thomas F. Eagleton and Hubert H. Humphrey

Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 3:19 PM–3:22 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Andreas, Dwayne O.Conversation029-005 on Tape 29StartThursday, August 3, 1972 at 3:19 PMEndThursday, August 3, 1972 at 3:22 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and businessman Dwayne O. Andreas discuss the political fallout surrounding the Democratic vice-presidential nomination and the potential replacement of Thomas F. Eagleton. Nixon confirms that he has coordinated with Henry Kissinger to delay a security briefing for Hubert Humphrey to influence the timing of the Democratic ticket's reorganization. The conversation reflects the administration’s strategic interest in managing the perceived stability and optics of the opposing party's convention period.

Thomas F. Eagleton
Hubert H. Humphrey
Democratic National Convention
Henry A. Kissinger
1972 Presidential Election

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NARA Description

On August 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Dwayne O. Andreas talked on the telephone from 3:19 pm to 3:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 29-5

Date: August 3, 1972
Time: 3:19 pm - 3:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Dwayne O. Andreas talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 353-18E]

     Andreas's report

     Hubert H. Humphrey
         -The President’s previous meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
               -Arrangements for briefing of Humphrey
                    -Timing
                         -Announcement of Democratic vice presidential candidate
         -The President’s previous conversation with Humphrey
               -California
               -Timing
                    -Democratic National Convention

     Removal of Thomas F. Eagleton [?]
        -Handling
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                        NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Good.

Yeah.

Yeah, now that's fine with us.

I'd like to see them try to go south.

Huh?

I'd rather, I'd rather have them, let an hour go.

Yeah, yeah, I, yeah, yeah.

Thanks for crying out loud.

I'd rather have them go south than to go to Minnesota.

I talked to Henry into that, it's all set.

Henry is going to deliberately wait

This is a very good idea.

Here we go.

That's right.

Will it?

I don't know.

I think it's been quite a while.

Quite a while, I know.

And another thing, too, that sort of thing.

I think people know that that kind of a thing is wrong, and they just say, why would they do something stupid like that?

Also recorded on August 3, 1972

029-003 2:27 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
353-014 2:27 PM · 10 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 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
353-015 2:27 PM · 8 sec — 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 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
353-016 2:27 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
353-017 2:27 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
029-004 2:30 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwayne O. Andreas talked on the telephone from 2:30 pm to 2:36 pm.
353-018 2:30 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dwayne O. Andreas, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 4:15 pm.
029-070 3:22 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 4:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 029-005, August 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-005 (accessed November 2, 2026).