Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-125

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Thomas A. Pappas

Wednesday, November 1, 1972 · 7:38 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-125 on Tape 32StartWednesday, November 1, 1972 at 7:38 PMEndWednesday, November 1, 1972 at 7:38 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-125 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to Thomas A. Pappas. This brief exchange served solely as an administrative instruction to connect the President with Pappas for an unrecorded subsequent conversation. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief interaction.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Could you get Mr. Tom Pappas for me, please?
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
You're welcome.

NARA Description

On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-125 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-125

Date: November 1, 1972
Time: 7:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

        Request for a call to Thomas A. Pappas.

Also recorded on November 2, 1972

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  • 376-003 8:08 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:08 pm and 9:13 pm.
  • 376-004 8:08 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:08 pm and 9:13 pm.
  • 376-005 8:08 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 8:08 pm and 9:13 pm.
  • 032-128 9:13 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 9:13 pm to 9:19 pm.
  • 376-006 9:13 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:13 pm to 9:19 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-125, November 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-125 (accessed October 5, 2026).