Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-071
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Tapes
Sunday, August 6, 1972 · 4:42 PM–7:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
This recording captures an unknown telephone exchange initiated through the White House taping system. Due to significant machine interference and unintelligible audio, no substantive content, participant identification, or actionable directives can be discerned. Consequently, the segment provides no historical data for analysis regarding presidential policy or administration activities.
- White House Tapes
- Technical error
- Audio recording failure
- Presidential communications
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On August 6, 1972, the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 4:42 pm and 7:57 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-071 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 29-71
Date: August 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:42 pm and 7:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Machine noise renders portion of the tape unintelligible, but conversations might have taken
place.
[Unintelligible]Cite this conversation
Conversation 029-071, August 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-071 (accessed October 1, 2026).