Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-037

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles E. Bohlen

Saturday, September 30, 1972 · 12:00 PM–12:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 36 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation030-037 on Tape 30StartSaturday, September 30, 1972 at 12:00 PMEndSaturday, September 30, 1972 at 12:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 030-037 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an emergency telephone call to Ambassador Charles E. “Chip” Bohlen at the Washington Medical Center. The President sought to reach the ailing diplomat directly to offer personal support. He further directed that if Bohlen was incapacitated, the operator should connect him instead with Bohlen's wife.

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Would you try Ambassador Boland at the hospital?
You have his number?
Ambassador Boland.
Ambassador Boland is at the hospital.
He's, well, maybe they haven't given it to you.
They should have, but let me check it here just a minute.
All right, sir.
Washington Medical Center, Ambassador Charles Boland.
All right, sir.
Now, if he is not able to take the call, I'll talk to his wife, who is probably there with him.
Okay.
Thank you so much.

NARA Description

On September 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 12:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-037 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 30-37

Date: September 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:00 pm and 12:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 789-7A]

       Request for a call to Charles E. (“Chip”) Bohlen
             -Washington Medical Center
             -Wife

Also recorded on September 30, 1972

  • 789-006 10:56 AM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:56 am to 12:00 pm.
  • 030-036 11:52 AM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:52 am to 11:54 am.
  • 789-007 12:00 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, Charles E. ("Chip") Bohlen, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:00 pm to 12:20 pm.
  • 030-038 12:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles E. ("Chip") Bohlen talked on the telephone from 12:05 pm to 12:11 pm.
  • 180-001 1:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 1:05 pm on September 30, 1972 and 9:22 am on October 3, 1972.
  • 180-002 1:05 PM · 11 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 1:05 pm on September 30, 1972 and 9:22 am on October 3, 1972.
  • 180-003 1:05 PM · 22 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Nelson Pierce talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 1:05 pm on September 30, 1972 and 9:22 am on October 3, 1972.
  • 180-004 1:05 PM · 12 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 1:05 pm on September 30, 1972 and 9:22 am on October 3, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 030-037, September 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-037 (accessed October 10, 2026).