Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-135
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard G. Kleindienst
Tuesday, December 19, 1972 · 7:44 PM–8:07 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an urgent call to Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. The conversation served primarily as an administrative request to facilitate this communication. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On December 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:44 pm and 8:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-135 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-135
Date: December 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:44 pm and 8:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Richard G. KleindienstAlso recorded on December 20, 1972
- 034-133 7:41 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:41 pm.
- 034-134 7:43 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and [David] Kenneth Rush talked on the telephone from 7:43 pm to 7:44 pm.
- 034-136 8:07 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 8:07 pm to 8:10 pm.
- 034-137 8:16 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and [David] Kenneth Rush talked on the telephone from 8:16 pm to 8:17 pm.
- 034-138 8:18 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:18 pm to 8:22 pm.
- 110-011 12:00 AM · 7 min — Herbert Stein, George Meany, John H. ("Jack") Lyons, C. L. Dennis, Paul Hall, I[lorwith] W. Abel, Frank E. Fitzsimmons, Pat Greathouse, Peter J. Brennan, Donald H. Rumsfeld, and George P. Shultz met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 11:24 am.
- 827-001 10:16 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:20 am.
- 827-002 10:16 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:20 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-135, December 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-135 (accessed October 12, 2026).