Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-100

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard T. Kennedy

Monday, January 8, 1973 · 5:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-100 on Tape 35StartMonday, January 8, 1973 at 5:25 PMEndMonday, January 8, 1973 at 5:25 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-100 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to facilitate a meeting with Colonel Richard T. Kennedy. The President specifically requests that Kennedy relocate to the Executive Office Building to conduct the discussion. This exchange serves as a brief administrative directive to coordinate a secure consultation.

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Colonel Kennedy step over to the OB office, please.
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On January 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-100 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-100

Date: January 8, 1973
Time: 5:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 394-21/395-1A]

       Request for a meeting with Col. Richard T. Kennedy
            -Executive Office Building [EOB]
                                              -95-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on January 8, 1973

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  • 394-018 3:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:26 pm to 3:28 pm.
  • 394-019 3:29 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Helen A. Thomas, Frances Lewine, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:29 pm to 4:04 pm.
  • 394-020 4:04 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:04 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 394-021 4:05 PM · 1 hr 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Ronald L. Ziegler, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:05 pm to 5:32 pm.
  • 395-001 5:32 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:34 pm.
  • 395-027 5:34 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 5:34 pm on January 8, 1973 and 3:34 pm on January 10, 1973.
  • 837-001 5:49 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:49 pm and 6:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-100, January 8, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-100 (accessed October 11, 2026).