Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-018
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Jeb Stuart Magruder
Friday, August 4, 1972 · 1:51 PM–2:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec
A 14-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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NARA Description
On August 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:51 pm and 2:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 29-18
Date: August 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:51 pm and 2:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 362-1]
Request for a call to Jeb Start MagruderTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on August 4, 1972
- 762-001 1:48 PM · 13 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:48 pm on August 4, 1972 and 8:20 am on August 7, 1972.
- 362-001 1:51 PM · 16 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 1:51 pm and 2:23 pm.
- 029-019 2:23 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Jeb Stuart Magruder talked on the telephone from 2:23 pm to 2:28 pm.
- 362-002 2:23 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Jeb Stuart Magruder met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:23 pm to 2:28 pm.
- 029-020 2:28 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 029-021 2:28 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 362-003 2:28 PM · 12 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 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 362-004 2:28 PM · 22 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 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 029-018, August 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-018 (accessed November 15, 2026).