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
AI Summary
President Nixon directed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Colonel Richard T. Kennedy. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with the National Security Council staff member. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this administrative exchange.
- Colonel Richard T. Kennedy
- National Security Council
- White House communications
- Presidential scheduling
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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
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso 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.
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 October 1, 2026).