Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-040
Nixon phone call with Huff on National Football League
Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 11:41 AM–11:44 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief telephone conversation with former professional football player Sam Huff. As the official record of the discussion has been withdrawn, no substantive political or policy details are available regarding the interaction. The call remains documented in the presidential archives despite the restriction of its content.
- Sam Huff
- National Football League
- Presidential Correspondence
- Archival Records
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NARA Description
On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Sam Huff talked on the telephone from 11:41 am to 11:44 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-040 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 29-40 Date: August 8, 1972 Time: 11:41 am - 11:44 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Sam Huff. [See Conversation No. 765-12B] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3m 7s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
Also recorded on August 8, 1972
- 765-010 11:20 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:23 am.
- 029-038 11:23 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:23 am.
- 765-011 11:23 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:23 am.
- 765-012 11:23 AM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, Sam Huff, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:23 am to 12:05 pm.
- 029-039 11:36 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:36 am and 11:41 am.
- 029-041 11:44 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 12:05 pm.
- 029-042 12:05 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 12:05 pm to 12:06 pm.
- 765-013 12:05 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:05 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 029-040, August 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-040 (accessed October 12, 2026).