Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-035

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Monday, August 7, 1972 · 4:34 PM–5:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation029-035 on Tape 29StartMonday, August 7, 1972 at 4:34 PMEndMonday, August 7, 1972 at 5:23 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-035 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief telephone communication with the White House operator. The conversation remained unintelligible, consisting primarily of routine administrative contact. No significant policy decisions or actionable directives were recorded during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On August 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 5:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-035 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 29-35

Date: August 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:34 pm and 5:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 362-13]

     [Unintelligible]

Also recorded on August 7, 1972

  • 763-021 3:46 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Otto E. Passman, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:46 pm to 3:51 pm.
  • 763-023 3:51 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter M. Flanigan, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:51 pm to 4:12 pm.
  • 763-024 4:12 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 4:13 pm.
  • 763-025 4:13 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:13 pm to 4:25 pm.
  • 763-026 4:25 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:25 pm and 4:33 pm.
  • 763-027 4:33 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:33 pm and 4:34 pm.
  • 764-001 4:33 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:33 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 029-034 4:34 PM · 2 min — Henry A. Kissinger, Arthur F. Burns, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 5:21 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 029-035, 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/029-035 (accessed October 1, 2026).