Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-130

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Tuesday, December 19, 1972 · 12:07 PM–12:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation034-130 on Tape 34StartTuesday, December 19, 1972 at 12:07 PMEndTuesday, December 19, 1972 at 12:08 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-130 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Senator-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. of Delaware. The objective of this brief administrative request was to establish direct communication with the incoming legislator. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection attempt.

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Could you get the new senator from Delaware, Mr. Biden, on the phone, please?
Thank you.

NARA Description

On December 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 12:07 pm to 12:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-130 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-130

Date: December 19, 1972
Time: 12:07 pm - 12:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 826-7A]

       Call to Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Also recorded on December 19, 1972

  • 826-004 11:27 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William D. Ruckelhaus, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:27 am to 11:51 am.
  • 826-005 11:51 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:51 am to 11:52 am.
  • 826-006 11:52 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard C. Van Dusen, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:52 am to 12:05 pm.
  • 826-007 12:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:07 pm to 12:08 pm.
  • 826-008 12:08 PM · 1 hr 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:08 pm to 2:00 pm.
  • 034-131 12:21 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Joseph R. Biden, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:21 pm to 12:22 pm.
  • 034-132 12:22 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:22 pm and 7:41 pm.
  • 826-009 2:00 PM · 41 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 2:00 pm and 2:09 pm.

All 15 conversations from December 19, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-130, December 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-130 (accessed October 5, 2026).