Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 33 › Conversation 033-056

Nixon phone call with Rizzo on 1972 Presidential Election

Wednesday, November 8, 1972 · 1:00 AM–1:10 AM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Rizzo, Frank L.Conversation033-056 on Tape 33StartWednesday, November 8, 1972 at 1:00 AMEndWednesday, November 8, 1972 at 1:10 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 033-056 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194333 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon called Philadelphia Mayor Frank L. Rizzo to express his gratitude for Rizzo’s support during the 1972 presidential election. The two discussed Nixon’s significant victory in Pennsylvania and the political landscape, including their shared disdain for Governor Milton J. Shapp and George McGovern’s conduct. The conversation concluded with Nixon expressing a desire to meet with Rizzo in the future to discuss administration goals and national unity.

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NARA Description

On November 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Frank L. Rizzo talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:00 am and 1:10 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-056 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 33-56

Date: November 8, 1972
Time: Between 1:00 am - 1:10 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Frank L. Rizzo.

[See Conversation No. 388-4B]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

       1972 Election
            -The President's victory
                  -Rizzo's work
            -Pennsylvania
                  -The President's margin
                  -Milton J. Shapp
            -Massachusetts
                  -Colleges
            -The President's victory
                  -Rizzo's reaction
            -The President's recent statement
            -The President’s schedule
                  -Rizzo
            -George S. McGovern
                  -Concession statement
                        -Rizzo's reaction
                              -Unity
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

                                                         Conversation No. 33-114 (cont’d)

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Yeah.
Mr. President?
Yeah.
I have the mayor for you, sir.
Yeah.
Go ahead, please.
Hello?
Mr. President?
I just want to thank you for that great job, Frank.
You came through and you said you would.
Mr. President, it was a tremendous victory.
I'll tell you.
I'm so proud.
We're sure glad to have, you know, just to think, Frank, to carry Pennsylvania by that kind of a margin.
It's terrific.
They can't find Chap yet.
Can't find him, huh?
Great, great, great.
I gave him some shots tonight.
Looks like about at the present time all we've lost is Massachusetts.
Exactly right.
Colleges, I guess.
Yes, sir.
But I was so proud.
I've never been more happy in my life.
Well, I'll tell you.
I was speaking tonight briefly in the Oval Office.
I was thinking of you and all those people that came through and accounted.
Well, I'll tell you, we're proud of you, and we're going to try to do a good job for you.
Thank you, Mr. President.
And just one of these days, when I get my thoughts collected, we'll sit down, put our feet up,
Tell a few lies to each other.
Right, sir.
And get some rest, Mr. President.
Yeah, yeah.
Why do you think I'm a governor?
Oh, you know, I gave him a shot tonight.
Yeah.
He thought he was vicious tonight.
Yeah.
The way he talked?
Yes, sir.
And I told the... Yeah.
I went on the air and told him that.
He didn't ask for, you know, no unity.
Nothing.
I know.
He was...
Unity on his terms.
Yes, sir.
But, sir, you were tremendous.
Well, anyway, good to talk to you.
Give my best to Mrs. Rizzo.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Bye-bye.
Bye.

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.
  • 033-054 12:54 AM · 15 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 033-056, November 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194333). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-056 (accessed November 2, 2026).