Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-063

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation029-063 on Tape 29StartTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 4:59 PMEndTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 5:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-063 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a call through the White House operator to contact his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The brief interaction serves strictly as a procedural request to facilitate personal communication between the President and his family. No policy matters or substantive political issues are addressed during this exchange.

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NARA Description

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 029-063 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 29-63

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. 363-21]

     Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on August 8, 1972

  • 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.
  • 029-062 4:59 PM · 11 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 029-063, 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/029-063 (accessed October 1, 2026).