Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-068

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Blank tape

Monday, August 14, 1972 · 5:02 PM–11:17 AM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNot recordedConversation029-068 on Tape 29StartMonday, August 14, 1972 at 5:02 PMEndTuesday, September 19, 1972 at 11:17 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-068 ↗

AI Summary

This recording consists of blank audio captured by the White House telephone system, preventing the identification of any participants or discussion topics. Due to significant technical interference and machine noise, no substantive conversation can be retrieved or analyzed. Consequently, no historical developments or decisions are associated with this file.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

NARA Description

The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 5:02 pm on August 14, 1972 and 11:17 am on September 19, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-068 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 29-68
Date: Unknown between August 14, 1972 and September 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:02 pm, August 14, 1972 and 11:17 am, September 19, 1972
Location: White House Telephone

Machine noise renders portion of the tape unintelligible, but conversations might have taken
place.

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Also recorded on August 14, 1972

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  • 362-021 4:34 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:34 pm to 4:36 pm.
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  • 029-067 5:02 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:02 pm.
  • 362-023 5:15 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 5:15 pm on August 14, 1972 and 12:40 pm on September 6, 1972.
  • 362-024 5:15 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 5:15 pm on August 14, 1972 and 12:40 pm on September 6, 1972.
  • 030-052 5:18 PM · 13 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 5:18 pm on August 14, 1972 and 11:17 am on September 19, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 202-001 6:05 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 029-068, August 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-068 (accessed October 1, 2026).