Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-104

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on George W. Romney

Tuesday, January 9, 1973 · 10:03 AM–12:52 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-104 on Tape 35StartTuesday, January 9, 1973 at 10:03 AMEndTuesday, January 9, 1973 at 12:52 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-104 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to connect with Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George W. Romney. The President instructs the White House operator to place the call to Romney's office. No substantive policy discussions occur as the recording captures only the administrative request to establish the connection.

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Operator?
Secretary Romney, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On January 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 12:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-104 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-104

Date: January 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:03 am and 12:52 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 836-9A]

       Request for a call to George W. Romney

Also recorded on January 9, 1973

  • 035-102 8:28 AM · 20 sec — the White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 8:28 am.
  • 836-002 8:28 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:28 am.
  • 836-005 8:56 AM · 40 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, unknown person(s), and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:56 am to 9:37 am.
  • 836-006 9:34 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Stephen B. Bull, and John J. McFall met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:34 am to 10:05 am.
  • 035-103 10:02 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John J. McFall talked on the telephone from 10:02 am to 10:03 am.
  • 836-007 10:06 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 10:45 am.
  • 836-008 10:43 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, Maurice J. Williams, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:43 am and 11:09 am.
  • 836-009 11:09 AM · 2 hr 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Frederic V. Malek, Stephen B. Bull, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, John D. Ehrlichman, Roy L. Ash, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, Albert L. Cole, unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:09 am to 1:23 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-104, January 9, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-104 (accessed October 12, 2026).