Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-020

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Thomas G. Dunn

Friday, August 4, 1972 · 2:28 PM–2:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation029-020 on Tape 29StartFriday, August 4, 1972 at 2:28 PMEndFriday, August 4, 1972 at 2:30 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Thomas G. Dunn of Elizabeth, New Jersey. This brief exchange served as a logistical instruction to initiate the outbound call to the mayor. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief communication.

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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 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 29-20

Date: August 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:28 and 2:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator

[See Conversation No. 362-3]

     Request for a call to Thomas G. Dunn
         -Elizabeth, New Jersey

Also recorded on August 4, 1972

  • 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.
  • 362-006 2:32 PM · 17 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 2:32 pm and 2:34 pm.
  • 362-007 2:32 PM · 15 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 2:32 pm and 2:34 pm.

All 38 conversations from August 4, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 029-020, 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/029-020 (accessed October 12, 2026).