Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-062

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Telephone operations

Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 4:59 PM–5:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation029-062 on Tape 29StartTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 4:59 PMEndTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 5:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-062 ↗

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing connection to another party. The brief exchange served as a logistical step in the President's administrative communications. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occurred during this brief interaction.

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On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-062 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 29-62

Date: August 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 363-19]

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  • 029-060 4:54 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:54 pm and 4:56 pm.
  • 363-017 4:54 PM · 8 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 4:54 pm and 4:56 pm.
  • 029-061 4:56 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:56 pm to 4:59 pm.
  • 363-018 4:56 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:56 pm to 4:59 pm.
  • 029-063 4:59 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.
  • 363-019 4:59 PM · 8 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 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.
  • 363-020 4:59 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.
  • 363-021 4:59 PM · 6 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 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.

Conversation 029-062, 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/029-062 (accessed October 1, 2026).