Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-063

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Milton Friedman

Wednesday, December 13, 1972 · 4:13 PM–4:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation034-063 on Tape 34StartWednesday, December 13, 1972 at 4:13 PMEndWednesday, December 13, 1972 at 4:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-063 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to economist Milton Friedman. The purpose of the request was to connect with Friedman at the Mayo Clinic for a consultation. No further discussion or substantive policy matters occurred during this brief administrative exchange.

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Please.
Operator, you get me Dr. Milton Friedman at the Mayo Clinic, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On December 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-063 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-63

Date: December 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:13 pm - 4:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 822-9]

       Request for a call to Milton Friendman
            -Mayo Clinic
                                             -52-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on December 13, 1972

  • 822-007 3:47 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:47 pm and 3:48 pm.
  • 822-008 3:48 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Edwin S. Cohen, and Lewis A. Engman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:48 pm to 4:13 pm.
  • 822-009 4:13 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:15 pm.
  • 822-010 4:13 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:15 pm.
  • 034-064 4:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:15 pm and 4:47 pm.
  • 822-011 4:15 PM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, and Milton Friedman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:15 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 034-065 4:47 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Milton Friedman talked on the telephone from 4:47 pm to 4:48 pm.
  • 034-066 4:48 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:48 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-063, December 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-063 (accessed October 12, 2026).