Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-038
Nixon phone call with Bohlen on Andrei A. Gromyko
Saturday, September 30, 1972 · 12:05 PM–12:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon called veteran diplomat Charles E. "Chip" Bohlen to express his well wishes following reports of Bohlen's hospitalization. During the exchange, Nixon also mentioned a planned private dinner at Camp David for Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko and fondly recalled their past collaborative work under the Christian A. Herter Committee. The conversation served primarily as a personal gesture of support and appreciation for Bohlen’s long-standing service to the country.
- Charles E. Bohlen
- Andrei A. Gromyko
- Christian A. Herter Committee
- Diplomacy
- Presidential health well-wishes
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NARA Description
On September 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles E. ("Chip") Bohlen talked on the telephone from 12:05 pm to 12:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-038 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 30-38
Date: September 30, 1972
Time: 12:05 pm - 12:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles E. (“Chip”) Bohlen.
[See Conversation No. 789-7B]
Bohlen
-Health
-Schedule
-Andrei A. Gromyko
-Camp David
-Services to country
-The President’s recollection
-S.S. Queen Mary
-Christian A. Herter Committee
-Herter
-HealthAlso 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.
- 030-037 12:00 PM · 36 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 030-038, 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/030-038 (accessed October 10, 2026).