Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-152

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller

Thursday, December 14, 1972 · 11:54 AM–11:55 AM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsWhite House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation034-152 on Tape 34StartThursday, December 14, 1972 at 11:54 AMEndThursday, December 14, 1972 at 11:55 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-152 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 647841908 ↗

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NARA Description

On December 14, 1972, the White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:55 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-152 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-152

Date: December 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:54 am and 11:55 am
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 823-5]

       Requested call to Tricia Nixon Cox
            -Tricia Nixon Cox’s schedule

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Yeah.
Ms. Patricia is out for an hour or an hour and a half.
Yeah.
May I leave work?
Yeah.
Thank you.

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  • 823-003 11:49 AM · 13 sec — the White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 11:54 am.
  • 034-071 11:54 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:54 am.
  • 823-004 11:54 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:54 am.
  • 823-005 11:54 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:55 am.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-152, December 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 647841908). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-152 (accessed November 13, 2026).