Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-030
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Edwin M. Schwenk
Wednesday, October 25, 1972 · 8:22 AM–9:05 AM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Edwin M. Schwenk in New York. The request stems from a previous attempt initiated by the President the day before. The conversation concludes with the operator confirming the instruction to connect the call.
- Edwin M. Schwenk
- White House operator
- telecommunications
- administrative task
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NARA Description
On October 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:22 am and 9:05 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-030
Date: October 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:22 pm and 9:05 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 372-4]
Request for a call to Edwin M. Schwenk
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542Also recorded on October 25, 1972
- 372-001 7:42 AM · 8 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 7:42 am and 8:20 am.
- 032-028 7:47 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:47 am and 8:20 am.
- 032-029 8:20 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 8:20 am to 8:22 am.
- 372-002 8:20 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:20 am to 8:22 am.
- 372-003 8:20 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:20 am and 9:05 am.
- 372-004 8:20 AM · 10 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 8:20 am and 9:05 am.
- 372-005 8:20 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:20 am and 9:05 am.
- 032-031 9:05 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:05 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-030, October 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-030 (accessed October 9, 2026).