Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-056

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Manolo Sanchez

Tuesday, December 12, 1972 · 8:40 PM–11:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation034-056 on Tape 34StartTuesday, December 12, 1972 at 8:40 PMEndTuesday, December 12, 1972 at 11:04 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-056 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 647841716 ↗

An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On December 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:40 pm and 11:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-056 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-56

Date: December 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:40 pm and 11:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for a call to Manolo Sanchez

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Yes, please.
Bring Manolo, please.
Yes, sir.

Also recorded on December 12, 1972

  • 820-023 3:36 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:36 pm and 3:38 pm.
  • 820-024 3:38 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gerard C. Smith, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:38 pm to 6:10 pm.
  • 821-001 3:38 PM · 2 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Gordon C. Strachan, Frank J. Shakespeare, James Keogh, White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander P. Butterfield, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:38 pm and 6:10 pm.
  • 821-002 6:10 PM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and 6:12 pm.
  • 034-054 8:31 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:31 pm to 8:38 pm.
  • 034-055 8:40 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:40 pm.
  • 034-150 8:40 PM · 22 sec — the White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:40 pm and 11:04 pm.
  • 034-057 11:04 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone from 11:04 pm to 11:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-056, December 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 647841716). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-056 (accessed November 2, 2026).