Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-032

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Harry F. Byrd Jr.

Monday, August 7, 1972 · 8:20 AM–8:31 AM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation029-032 on Tape 29StartMonday, August 7, 1972 at 8:20 AMEndMonday, August 7, 1972 at 8:31 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-032 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. of Virginia. The brief communication served solely to initiate official contact between the President and the Senator. No further discussion occurred during this recording as the line was managed to facilitate the connection.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Yes, please.
Call me Senator Harry Bird of Virginia, please.
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On August 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:20 am and 8:31 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-032 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 29-32

Date: August 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:20 am and 8:31 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 763-3]

     Request for a call to Harry F. Byrd, Jr.

Also recorded on August 7, 1972

  • 763-001 8:20 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:20 am and 8:31 am.
  • 763-002 8:20 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:20 am and 8:31 am.
  • 763-003 8:20 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:20 am and 8:31 am.
  • 029-033 8:31 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Harry F. Byrd, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:31 am to 8:38 am.
  • 763-004 8:31 AM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Harry F. Byrd, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:31 am to 8:38 am.
  • 763-005 8:38 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:38 am and 9:02 am.
  • 763-006 9:02 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:02 am to 9:04 am.
  • 763-007 9:04 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:04 am to 9:32 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 029-032, August 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-032 (accessed October 1, 2026).