Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-070
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Tapes
Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 3:22 PM–4:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief telephone conversation with an unidentified individual, the substance of which remains unrecorded due to the lack of an available transcript. Consequently, no specific policy decisions, political strategies, or significant developments can be determined from this interaction. The recording serves primarily as part of the archival record of the White House telephone taping system.
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NARA Description
On August 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 4:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-070 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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Also recorded on August 3, 1972
- 029-003 2:27 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 029-004 2:30 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwayne O. Andreas talked on the telephone from 2:30 pm to 2:36 pm.
- 353-018 2:30 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dwayne O. Andreas, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 4:15 pm.
- 029-005 3:19 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwayne O. Andreas talked on the telephone from 3:19 pm to 3:22 pm.
- 029-006 4:15 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:15 pm and 4:30 pm.
- 353-019 4:15 PM · 14 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 4:15 pm and 4:30 pm.
- 353-020 4:15 PM · 7 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 4:15 pm and 4:30 pm.
- 353-021 4:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:15 pm and 4:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 029-070, 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/029-070 (accessed October 1, 2026).