Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-115

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Lenore Romney

Tuesday, January 9, 1973 · 3:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 22 sec

ParticipantsWhite House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation035-115 on Tape 35StartTuesday, January 9, 1973 at 3:04 PMEndTuesday, January 9, 1973 at 3:04 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-115 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to continue attempting to reach Lenore Romney by telephone. The President clarified that the matter was not urgent and requested that the operator try again in approximately thirty minutes. No further policy or substantive business was discussed during this brief administrative check-in.

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Hello.
President?
Yeah.
Mrs. Romney still isn't home as yet.
I'll keep after it for you.
Fine.
I'll tell you, there's no hurry.
Just wait about a half hour.
Maybe about 4 o'clock and try it then.
All right, sir.
Thank you.
It's not an urgent call.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On January 9, 1973, the White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 3:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-115 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-115

Date: January 9, 1973
Time: 3:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 401-14]
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 35-115 (cont’d)

       Lenore. L. Romney’s location

Also recorded on January 9, 1973

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  • 035-114 3:02 PM · 2 min — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 3:02 pm to 3:03 pm.
  • 401-012 3:02 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:02 pm to 3:03 pm.
  • 401-013 3:03 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:04 pm.
  • 401-014 3:04 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:04 pm.
  • 401-015 3:04 PM · 9 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 3:04 pm and 3:09 pm.
  • 401-016 3:09 PM · 1 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, Lenore L. Romney, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 4:25 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-115, 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/035-115 (accessed October 11, 2026).