Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-016

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard T. Kennedy

Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 7:57 AM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation034-016 on Tape 34StartTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 7:57 AMEndTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 7:57 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact Colonel Richard T. Kennedy regarding a scheduling request. He directed the operator to determine when Kennedy arrived at his office and to arrange for him to report to the Executive Office Building for a meeting. This conversation served as a logistical coordination effort to facilitate a direct briefing with Kennedy.

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Yes, please.

You check when Colonel Kennedy gets into his office.

Have him come to the DOB office, please.

I will, Mr. President.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

NARA Description

On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:57 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-16

Date: December 5, 1972
Time: 7:57 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.
                                               -16-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 34-16 (cont’d)

[See Conversation No. 387-1]

       Request for a meeting with Col. Richard T. Kennedy
            -Executive Office Building [EOB]

Also recorded on December 5, 1972

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.
387-004 8:10 AM · 1 hr 60 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, White House operator, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:10 am to 9:50 am.
034-018 8:26 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:26 am to 8:27 am.
034-019 8:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone from 8:56 am to 8:59 am.
034-020 9:44 AM · 56 sec — Tricia Nixon Cox and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 9:44 am to 9:45 am.
034-021 10:13 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:13 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-016, 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/034-016 (accessed September 28, 2026).