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
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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.
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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
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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 (NAID 647841636). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-016 (accessed November 13, 2026).