Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-014
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard T. Kennedy
Monday, December 4, 1972 · 8:16 PM–8:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Colonel Richard T. Kennedy. The brief interaction served solely to facilitate the connection between the President and the National Security Council staffer. No further substantive discussion occurred during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On December 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:16 pm and 8:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-14
Date: December 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:16 pm and 8:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Col. Richard T. KennedyAlso recorded on December 5, 1972
- 034-011 7:51 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone from 7:51 pm to 8:02 pm.
- 034-012 8:02 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:02 pm and 8:03 pm.
- 034-013 8:03 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:03 pm to 8:16 pm.
- 034-015 8:23 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone from 8:23 pm to 8:32 pm.
- 034-016 7:57 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:57 am.
- 387-001 7:57 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 7:57 am.
- 387-002 7:57 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:57 am and 8:10 am.
- 034-017 8:10 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:10 am and 8:26 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-014, December 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-014 (accessed October 24, 2026).