Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 33 › Conversation 033-026

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Billy Mills

Saturday, November 4, 1972 · 10:36 AM–10:41 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation033-026 on Tape 33StartSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 10:36 AMEndSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 10:41 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 033-026 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194273 ↗

A 13-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On November 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:36 am and 10:41 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-026 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 33-26

Date: November 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:36 am and 10:41 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 389-11Q]

       Request for a call to William Mills, Los Angeles city councilman

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Yes, please.
Would you get me Mr. Billy Mills?
He is the Los Angeles City Councilman.
I think you have his number.
All right, Mr. President.
Billy Mills.
Right, sir.

Also recorded on November 4, 1972

  • 033-021 10:20 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 10:28 am.
  • 033-023 10:28 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and James A. McClure talked on the telephone from 10:28 am to 10:29 am.
  • 033-024 10:30 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Margaret Chase Smith talked on the telephone from 10:30 am to 10:33 am.
  • 033-025 10:34 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Howard H. Baker, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:34 am to 10:36 am.
  • 389-012 10:36 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Robert J. Dole, William Mills, Gordon L. Allott, and James D. ("Mike") McKevitt met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:36 am and 11:00 am.
  • 033-027 10:41 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert J. Dole talked on the telephone from 10:41 am to 10:44 am.
  • 033-028 10:45 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William Mills talked on the telephone from 10:45 am to 10:47 am.
  • 033-029 10:49 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gordon L. Allott talked on the telephone from 10:49 am to 10:54 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 033-026, November 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194273). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-026 (accessed October 30, 2026).