Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-155

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Dwight David Eisenhower II

Thursday, November 2, 1972 · 6:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-155 on Tape 32StartThursday, November 2, 1972 at 6:57 PMEndThursday, November 2, 1972 at 6:57 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-155 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call with his son-in-law, Dwight David Eisenhower II. The President requested that the operator connect Eisenhower as soon as he arrived at the Executive Office Building around 7:00 pm. This brief exchange served to coordinate communication between the two individuals.

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Operator, as soon as David gets in the house, I think he's going to be there about 7.
If you would have him give me a ring and he'll be pleased.
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
All right.

NARA Description

On November 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-155 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-155

Date: November 2, 1972
Time: 6:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 390-20]

        Request for a call from [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
           -Executive Office Building

Also recorded on November 2, 1972

  • 032-154 6:00 PM · 5 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 6:00 pm to 6:04 pm.
  • 390-015 6:38 PM · 18 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 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 390-016 6:38 PM · 14 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 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 390-017 6:38 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 390-018 6:38 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 390-019 6:50 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:50 pm to 6:55 pm.
  • 032-156 6:57 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:57 pm and 7:02 pm.
  • 390-020 6:57 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:57 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-155, 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/032-155 (accessed October 11, 2026).