Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-075
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator
Thursday, December 14, 1972 · 1:05 PM–1:07 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. This brief administrative interaction was initiated solely to facilitate personal communication between the President and his family. No policy matters or substantive governmental issues were addressed during the brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On December 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-075 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-75
Date: December 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 1:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 823-11]
Request for a call to Julie Nixon EisenhowerAlso recorded on December 14, 1972
- 034-073 1:02 PM · 3 min — the White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, President Richard M. Nixon, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 1:02 pm to 1:05 pm.
- 823-008 1:02 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:02 pm to 1:05 pm.
- 034-074 1:05 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:07 pm.
- 823-009 1:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:07 pm.
- 823-010 1:05 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:07 pm.
- 823-011 1:05 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:07 pm.
- 823-012 1:05 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:25 pm.
- 034-076 1:07 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 1:07 pm to 1:08 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-075, December 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-075 (accessed September 28, 2026).