Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-034

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Manolo Sanchez

Tuesday, May 29, 1973 · 9:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation039-034 on Tape 39StartTuesday, May 29, 1973 at 9:15 PMEndTuesday, May 29, 1973 at 9:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 039-034 ↗

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NARA Description

On May 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-034 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 39-34

Date: May 29, 1973
Time: 9:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

The President conferred with an unknown person.

[Begin conferral]

       Affirmation

[End conferral]

       Request for Manolo Sanchez’s presence in Lincoln Sitting Room

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Yes, please.
Would you ask Manola to come to the Lincoln Room, please?
Yes, sir.

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  • 440-065 2:00 PM · 1 hr 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:00 pm to 3:11 pm.
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  • 929-015 3:36 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:36 pm and 4:03 pm.
  • 929-016 3:36 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:36 pm and 4:03 pm.
  • 929-017 4:03 PM · 1 hr 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., unknown person(s), George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Roy L. Ash, Arthur F. Burns, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., John T. Dunlop, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:03 pm to 5:10 pm.
  • 929-018 5:10 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:16 pm.
  • 039-035 9:23 PM · 4 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:23 pm to 9:25 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 039-034, 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/039-034 (accessed November 10, 2026).