Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-156
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Telephone operations
Thursday, December 28, 1972 · 2:30 PM–2:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacts the White House operator to request an outgoing call. He specifically asks to be connected to Marjorie P. Acker to conduct official business. No further substantive discussion occurs during this brief administrative exchange.
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NARA Description
On December 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-156 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 35-156
Date: December 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:30 pm and 2:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 380-29]
Request for a call to Marjorie P. AckerAlso recorded on December 28, 1972
- 380-026 2:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:26 pm.
- 380-027 2:20 PM · 15 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 2:20 pm and 2:26 pm.
- 035-028 2:26 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Maurice J. Williams talked on the telephone from 2:26 pm to 2:30 pm.
- 380-028 2:26 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Maurice J. Williams met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:26 pm to 2:30 pm.
- 380-029 2:30 PM · 10 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 2:30 pm and 2:39 pm.
- 035-029 2:39 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:40 pm.
- 380-030 2:39 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:39 pm to 2:40 pm.
- 035-030 2:40 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 3:14 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 035-156, December 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-156 (accessed October 11, 2026).