Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-149
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Hobart D. Lewis
Sunday, December 10, 1972 · 12:55 PM–6:06 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Hobart D. Lewis. The operator informed the President that Lewis was currently in transit and requested that the President wait approximately ten minutes for him to arrive at his destination. Nixon acknowledged the delay, setting the stage for the operator to facilitate the connection once Lewis became available.
- Hobart D. Lewis
- White House communications
- scheduling
- Presidential telephone calls
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NARA Description
On December 10, 1972, the White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 6:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-149 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-149
Date: December 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:55 pm and 6:06 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
Requested call to Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Lewis’s location
-Call backAlso recorded on December 10, 1972
- 034-028 9:55 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:55 am to 10:02 am.
- 384-003 9:55 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:55 am to 10:02 am.
- 384-004 10:01 AM · 3 hr 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House operator, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:01 am to 1:12 pm.
- 034-029 11:50 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:50 am and 12:04 pm.
- 034-030 12:04 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:04 pm and 12:55 pm.
- 034-031 12:55 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mrs. Howard Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 6:06 pm.
- 034-032 12:55 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 6:06 pm.
- 819-001 1:15 PM · 15 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:15 pm on December 10, 1972 and 10:18 am on December 11, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-149, December 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-149 (accessed September 28, 2026).