Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-072

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard A. Moore

Wednesday, January 3, 1973 · 2:00 PM–2:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-072 on Tape 35StartWednesday, January 3, 1973 at 2:00 PMEndWednesday, January 3, 1973 at 2:48 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-072 ↗

An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On January 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-072 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-72

Date: January 3, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:00 pm and 2:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 831-9]

       Request for a call to Richard A. Moore

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Dick Moore, please.
Richard Moore.
Yes, sir.

Also recorded on January 3, 1973

  • 831-008 2:00 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:00 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 831-009 2:00 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:00 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 831-010 2:00 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:00 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 035-073 2:48 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore talked on the telephone from 2:48 pm to 2:52 pm.
  • 831-011 2:48 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:48 pm to 2:52 pm.
  • 035-074 2:52 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:52 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 831-012 2:52 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:52 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 831-013 2:52 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:52 pm and 2:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-072, January 3, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-072 (accessed November 5, 2026).