Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-135

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

Thursday, January 11, 1973 · 2:12 PM–2:17 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-135 on Tape 35StartThursday, January 11, 1973 at 2:12 PMEndThursday, January 11, 1973 at 2:17 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-135 ↗

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NARA Description

On January 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-135 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-135

Date: January 11, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:12 pm and 2:17 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 401-24]

       Request for a call to Col. Richard T. Kennedy
                                               -117-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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Please.
Colonel Kennedy please.
Thank you.

Also recorded on January 11, 1973

  • 035-134 2:11 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Edward R. F. Cox talked on the telephone from 2:11 pm to 2:12 pm.
  • 401-022 2:11 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:11 pm to 2:12 pm.
  • 401-023 2:12 PM · 18 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 2:12 pm and 2:17 pm.
  • 401-024 2:12 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:17 pm.
  • 035-136 2:17 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone from 2:17 pm to 2:18 pm.
  • 401-025 2:17 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:17 pm to 2:18 pm.
  • 401-026 2:30 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 3:15 pm.
  • 035-137 3:15 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:19 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-135, January 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-135 (accessed November 15, 2026).