Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-031

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William E. Timmons

Tuesday, August 1, 1972 · 2:40 PM–3:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation028-031 on Tape 28StartTuesday, August 1, 1972 at 2:40 PMEndTuesday, August 1, 1972 at 3:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 028-031 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was to place a call to William E. Timmons, who served as the Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. This action was a routine administrative step to reach a key member of the White House staff.

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NARA Description

On August 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 3:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-031 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 28-31

Date: August 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:40 pm and 3:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 351-15]

     Request for a call to William E. Timmons

Also recorded on August 1, 1972

  • 028-030 2:22 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:22 pm to 2:40 pm.
  • 351-010 2:22 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:22 pm to 2:40 pm.
  • 351-011 2:40 PM · 13 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 2:40 pm and 2:50 pm.
  • 351-012 2:40 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 2:50 pm.
  • 351-013 2:50 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 3:04 pm.
  • 351-014 3:04 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:04 pm.
  • 028-032 3:05 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 3:05 pm to 3:10 pm.
  • 351-015 3:05 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:05 pm.

All 73 conversations from August 1, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 028-031, August 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-031 (accessed September 18, 2026).