Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-023
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Patrick J. Buchanan
Friday, August 4, 1972 · 2:32 PM–2:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his special assistant and speechwriter, Patrick J. Buchanan. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a direct discussion between the President and his advisor. No policy deliberations were recorded during this brief request for assistance.
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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 2:32 pm and 2:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 29-23
Date: August 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:32 pm and 2:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 362-7]
Request for a call to Patrick J. BuchananAlso recorded on August 4, 1972
- 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.
- 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.
- 029-024 2:34 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 2:34 pm to 2:35 pm.
- 362-008 2:34 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:34 pm to 2:35 pm.
- 029-025 2:35 PM · 13 sec — Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:58 pm.
- 029-026 2:35 PM · 28 sec — Charles W. Colson and Holly Holm talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:58 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 029-023, 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/029-023 (accessed October 1, 2026).