Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 33 › Conversation 033-054

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Frank L. Rizzo

Wednesday, November 8, 1972 · 12:54 AM–1:00 AM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation033-054 on Tape 33StartWednesday, November 8, 1972 at 12:54 AMEndWednesday, November 8, 1972 at 1:00 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 033-054 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to check on the status of a pending telephone connection to Philadelphia Mayor Frank L. Rizzo. During the brief exchange, Nixon also instructed the operator to initiate a subsequent call to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. No further substantive policy matters were addressed during this short administrative check-in.

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Sir, you got that Rizzo call now?
Well, the LA operator's working on it.
All right, fine.
Thank you, sir.
You got Kissinger then?
Yeah, give Mr. Kissinger one, too.

NARA Description

On November 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:54 am and 1:00 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-054 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 33-54

Date: November 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:54 am and 1:00 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 388-3C]

       Status of telephone call to Frank L. Rizzo

       Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

Also recorded on November 8, 1972

  • 033-053 12:54 AM · 28 sec — Manolo Sanchez and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:54 am and 1:00 am.
  • 033-055 12:54 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:54 am and 1:00 am.
  • 388-001 12:54 AM · 12 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 12:54 am and 1:00 am.
  • 388-002 12:54 AM · 8 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 12:54 am and 1:00 am.
  • 388-003 12:54 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:54 am and 1:00 am.
  • 033-056 1:00 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Frank L. Rizzo talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:00 am and 1:10 am.
  • 388-004 1:00 AM · 1 hr 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), White House operator, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:00 am to 3:00 am.
  • 033-057 1:10 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:10 am and 1:12 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 033-054, November 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-054 (accessed September 28, 2026).