Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-034
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on George H. W. Bush
Monday, December 11, 1972 · 10:18 AM–11:07 AM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to George H. W. Bush. This brief interaction served as a logistical request to initiate communication with the Ambassador. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this initial contact.
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NARA Description
On December 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:18 am and 11:07 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-034 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-34
Date: December 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:18 and 11:07 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 819-2A]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 34-34 (cont’d)
Request for a call to George H. W. BushAlso recorded on December 11, 1972
- 819-002 10:18 AM · 3 hr 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Robert J. Dole, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, George H. W. Bush, Alexander P. Butterfield, McDill ("Huck") Boyd, John B. Connally, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:18 am and 2:25 pm.
- 034-035 11:08 AM · 7 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, George H. W. Bush, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 11:15 am.
- 034-036 11:25 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:25 am.
- 034-037 11:25 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:42 am.
- 034-038 11:42 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and McDill ("Huck") Boyd talked on the telephone from 11:42 am to 11:48 am.
- 034-039 11:55 AM · 15 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:14 pm.
- 034-040 11:55 AM · 9 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:14 pm.
- 819-003 2:25 PM · 15 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:25 pm on December 11, 1972 and 9:57 am on December 12, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-034, December 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-034 (accessed October 12, 2026).