Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-028

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Edward W. Carter

Thursday, September 28, 1972 · 9:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation030-028 on Tape 30StartThursday, September 28, 1972 at 9:34 PMEndThursday, September 28, 1972 at 9:34 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 030-028 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Edward W. Carter, the chairman of Broadway-Hale Stores. The purpose of the outreach was to follow up on a fundraising dinner held in Los Angeles the previous evening. No further actions or policy decisions were discussed during this brief administrative request.

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Please.
Would you try Mr. Edward Carter in Los Angeles?
He was the chairman of the dinner last night we had in Los Angeles.
Oh, right.
At Broadway Hale Department Stores, I think.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On September 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-028 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 30-28

Date: September 28, 1972
Time: 9:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Edward W. Carter
             -Los Angeles dinner

              -President, Broadway-Hale Stores

Also recorded on September 29, 1972

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  • 788-002 10:45 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:45 am to 10:50 am.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 030-028, September 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-028 (accessed October 12, 2026).