Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-079
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Jean Paul Getty
Thursday, December 14, 1972 · 2:10 PM–3:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate an outgoing call to industrialist Jean Paul Getty. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to connect the President with Getty for undisclosed purposes. No further policy discussions or significant developments occurred during this brief administrative interaction.
- Jean Paul Getty
- White House operations
- telecommunications
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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 2:10 pm and 3:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-079 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-79
Date: December 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:10 pm and 3:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to J[ean] Paul GettyAlso recorded on December 14, 1972
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- 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.
- 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.
- 384-011 2:10 PM · 16 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.
- 384-012 2:15 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:15 pm to 3:24 pm.
- 383-001 2:30 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, and Jean Paul Getty met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 3:24 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-079, 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/034-079 (accessed October 12, 2026).