Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-069

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Tapes

Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 12:20 PM–1:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNot recordedConversation029-069 on Tape 29StartThursday, August 3, 1972 at 12:20 PMEndThursday, August 3, 1972 at 1:10 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-069 ↗

An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On August 3, 1972, the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 1:10 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-069 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 29-69

Date: August 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:20 pm and 1:10 pm
Location: White House

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

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  • 028-055 12:10 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:10 pm to 12:11 pm.
  • 353-005 12:10 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:10 pm to 12:11 pm.
  • 028-056 12:11 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:12 pm.
  • 353-006 12:11 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:11 pm to 12:12 pm.
  • 028-057 12:12 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:12 pm to 12:20 pm.
  • 353-007 12:12 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 353-008 12:20 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 353-009 12:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:37 pm.

Conversation 029-069, August 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-069 (accessed November 15, 2026).