Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-019
Nixon phone call with Magruder on Defense programs and Employment
Friday, August 4, 1972 · 2:23 PM–2:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 47 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Jeb Stuart Magruder held a brief telephone discussion focused on defense programs and their subsequent impact on employment. The exchange served to align their messaging on these economic and national security topics, specifically highlighting plans to produce a video to communicate their platform. No further policy shifts were finalized during this call.
- Defense programs
- Employment
- Public relations
- Nixon administration
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NARA Description
On August 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Jeb Stuart Magruder talked on the telephone from 2:23 pm to 2:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 29-19
Date: August 4, 1972
Time: 2:23 pm - 2:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Jeb Stuart Magruder.
[See Conversation No. 362-2]
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[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 50s ]
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Defense programs
-Effect on employment
The President’s schedule [?]Also recorded on August 4, 1972
- 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.
- 029-022 2:30 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas G. Dunn talked on the telephone from 2:30 pm to 2:32 pm.
- 362-005 2:30 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas G. Dunn met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 2:32 pm.
- 029-023 2:32 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:32 pm and 2:34 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 029-019, 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/029-019 (accessed October 1, 2026).