Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-094

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Thomas G. Dunn

Saturday, December 16, 1972 · 10:50 AM–11:08 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation034-094 on Tape 34StartSaturday, December 16, 1972 at 10:50 AMEndSaturday, December 16, 1972 at 11:08 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-094 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Thomas G. Dunn, the Mayor of Elizabeth, New Jersey. The brief exchange served as a logistical request for the operator to facilitate the connection. No further discussion or substantive policy deliberations occurred during this short communication.

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Please.

Mayor Dunn, please.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On December 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 11:08 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-094 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-94

Date: December 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:50 am and 11:08 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 825-10A]

       Request for a call to Thomas G. Dunn

Also recorded on December 16, 1972

825-007 10:46 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 10:50 am.
825-008 10:46 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 10:50 am.
825-009 10:46 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 10:50 am.
825-010 10:50 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:50 am to 11:08 am.
034-095 11:08 AM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas G. Dunn talked on the telephone from 11:08 am to 11:09 am.
825-011 11:08 AM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas G. Dunn met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:08 am to 11:09 am.
825-012 11:09 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:25 am.
825-013 11:09 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:25 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-094, December 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-094 (accessed October 5, 2026).