Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-041

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Monday, December 11, 1972 · 4:55 PM–4:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation034-041 on Tape 34StartMonday, December 11, 1972 at 4:55 PMEndMonday, December 11, 1972 at 4:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-041 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic communication through the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The exchange serves as a logistical step to connect the President with another party, as indicated by the subsequent reference to a follow-up conversation. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this operator-assisted connection.

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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 4:55 pm and 4:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-041 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-41

Date: December 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:55 pm and 4:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 385-9]

Also recorded on December 11, 1972

  • 385-009 4:55 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 4:59 pm.
  • 034-042 4:59 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:59 pm to 5:01 pm.
  • 385-010 4:59 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:59 pm to 5:01 pm.
  • 034-043 5:01 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:09 pm.
  • 385-011 5:01 PM · 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 5:01 pm and 5:09 pm.
  • 385-012 5:01 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:14 pm.
  • 034-044 5:09 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 5:09 pm to 5:10 pm.
  • 385-013 5:10 PM · 11 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 5:10 pm and 5:14 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-041, 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/034-041 (accessed October 1, 2026).