Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-052
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Carl B. Albert
Tuesday, December 12, 1972 · 1:35 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a call to Speaker of the House Carl B. Albert through the White House operator. The conversation serves solely as a brief administrative request to connect with the Speaker for further discussion. No substantive policy matters or decisions were finalized during this exchange.
- Carl B. Albert
- White House Operator
- Legislative Liaison
- Communication
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NARA Description
On December 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-052 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-52
Date: December 12, 1972
Time: 1:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 820-16A]
Request for a call to Carl B. AlbertAlso recorded on December 12, 1972
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- 820-016 1:30 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:30 pm to 1:55 pm.
- 820-017 1:55 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:55 pm and 1:58 pm.
- 820-018 1:58 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:58 pm to 2:20 pm.
- 034-053 2:20 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 8:31 pm.
- 820-019 2:20 PM · 32 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 3:17 pm.
- 820-020 2:20 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 3:17 pm.
- 820-021 2:20 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 3:17 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-052, December 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-052 (accessed October 25, 2026).