Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-077
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William E. Timmons
Thursday, December 14, 1972 · 1:39 PM–2:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with William E. Timmons, then serving as the Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate a telephone communication with Timmons. No further policy discussions or substantive developments were recorded in this initial contact.
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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 1:39 pm and 2:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-077 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-77
Date: December 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:39 pm and 2:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 384-8]
Request for a call to William E. TimmonsAlso recorded on December 14, 1972
- 384-005 1:39 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 2:09 pm.
- 384-006 1:39 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 2:09 pm.
- 384-007 1:39 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 2:09 pm.
- 384-008 1:39 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 1:39 pm and 2:09 pm.
- 034-078 2:09 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 2:09 pm to 2:10 pm.
- 384-009 2:09 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:09 pm to 2:10 pm.
- 034-079 2:10 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 3:04 pm.
- 384-010 2:10 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 2:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-077, 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/034-077 (accessed September 28, 2026).