Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-064

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

Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 9:03 AM–9:10 AM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation036-064 on Tape 36StartTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 9:03 AMEndTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 9:10 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-064 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Colonel Richard T. Kennedy. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to establish communication with Kennedy. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during the exchange.

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Kennedy please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:03 am and 9:10 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-064 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-64

Date: January 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:03 and 9:10 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for a telephone call to Col. Richard T. Kennedy

Also recorded on January 23, 1973

  • 036-063 8:55 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William S. White talked on the telephone from 8:55 am to 9:03 am.
  • 404-001 8:55 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. White met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:55 am to 9:03 am.
  • 404-002 9:03 AM · 11 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 9:03 am and 9:10 am.
  • 036-065 9:10 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone from 9:10 am to 9:14 am.
  • 036-067 9:14 AM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:14 am to 9:15 am.
  • 404-003 9:14 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:14 am.
  • 404-004 9:14 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:14 am to 9:15 am.
  • 404-005 9:29 AM · 34 sec — 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 9:29 am and 11:55 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-064, January 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-064 (accessed October 1, 2026).