Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-028
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Kenneth R. Cole Jr.
Friday, March 2, 1973 · 9:27 AM–9:31 AM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., who served as the Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and a key staff member. No further substantive discussion or policy decisions were recorded during this brief connection.
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NARA Description
On March 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:27 am and 9:31 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 37-28
Date: March 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:27 am and 9:31 am
Location: White House Telephone
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 414-11]
Request for a call to Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.Also recorded on March 2, 1973
- 037-027 9:24 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan talked on the telephone from 9:24 am to 9:27 am.
- 414-009 9:24 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:24 am to 9:27 am.
- 414-010 9:24 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:24 am and 9:27 am.
- 414-011 9:24 AM · 12 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 9:24 am and 9:27 am.
- 037-029 9:31 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:31 am to 9:38 am.
- 414-012 9:31 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:31 am to 9:38 am.
- 414-013 9:40 AM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:40 am to 10:25 am.
- 414-014 10:25 AM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 11:00 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 037-028, March 2, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-028 (accessed October 1, 2026).