Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-024

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Edwin M. Schwenk

Tuesday, October 24, 1972 · 4:02 PM–4:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-024 on Tape 32StartTuesday, October 24, 1972 at 4:02 PMEndTuesday, October 24, 1972 at 4:04 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to Edwin M. Schwenk. The operator provided the necessary contact number, 516-475-2300, to facilitate the connection. This exchange was a brief administrative action to initiate communication with Schwenk.

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Mr. Edwin Schwenk.
That's 516-475-2300.

NARA Description

On October 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-024

Date: October 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:02 pm and 4:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation 373-18]

        Request for a call to Edwin M. Schwenk
           -Phone number

Also recorded on October 24, 1972

  • 032-023 4:00 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edwin G. Michaelian talked on the telephone from 4:00 pm to 4:02 pm.
  • 373-017 4:00 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edwin G. Michaelian met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:00 pm to 4:02 pm.
  • 373-018 4:02 PM · 13 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 4:02 pm and 4:04 pm.
  • 032-025 4:04 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:04 pm and 4:16 pm.
  • 373-019 4:04 PM · 9 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 4:04 pm and 4:16 pm.
  • 373-020 4:04 PM · 15 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 4:04 pm and 4:16 pm.
  • 373-021 4:04 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:04 pm and 4:16 pm.
  • 373-022 4:04 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:04 pm and 4:16 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-024, October 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-024 (accessed October 9, 2026).