Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-030
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Thomas Hart and Communication
Tuesday, May 29, 1973 · 1:47 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Thomas Hart. This brief exchange served exclusively to initiate communication with Hart. No further discussion or substantive policy matters were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On May 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 39-30
Date: May 29, 1973
Time: 1:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 440-61]
Request for telephone call to Thomas HartAlso recorded on May 29, 1973
- 440-059 1:45 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:45 pm to 1:46 pm.
- 039-029 1:46 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 1:46 pm to 1:47 pm.
- 440-060 1:46 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:46 pm to 1:47 pm.
- 039-031 1:47 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas Hart talked on the telephone from 1:47 pm to 1:48 pm.
- 440-061 1:47 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:47 pm.
- 440-062 1:47 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas Hart met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:47 pm to 1:48 pm.
- 039-032 1:48 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 1:52 pm.
- 440-063 1:48 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 1:52 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 039-030, May 29, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-030 (accessed October 10, 2026).