Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 628 › Conversation 628-004

Nixon & Bennett on Health and Personal relations

Thursday, December 2, 1971 · 12:15 PM–12:17 PM ET · Oval Office · 41 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bennett, Frances (Grant)Conversation628-004 on Tape 628 (tape position 00:45:42–00:46:28)StartThursday, December 2, 1971 at 12:15 PMEndThursday, December 2, 1971 at 12:17 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 628-004 ↗

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President Nixon met briefly with Frances Bennett to inquire about the health of her husband, Senator Wallace F. Bennett, who was hospitalized due to an ulcer. Expressing a personal and political need for the Senator's return to work, Nixon offered words of encouragement regarding his recovery. The discussion served as a gesture of support during the Senator's medical absence.

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Yeah.
Hello.
I just called.
Wake Wally the best.
I know he's not in surgery, so you tell him to get out of there.
We need him.
We need him.
Huh?
Yeah, I know.
It's that ulcer again, huh?
Yeah, well, those things, one thing about them, they're painful, but never, never a fatal thing.
Okay, slow.
All right, he'll be all right.
He'll be all right.
All right.

NARA Description

On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Frances (Grant) Bennett met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 628-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 628-4

Date: December 2, 1971
Time: 12:15 pm - 12:17 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Frances (Grant) [Mrs. Wallace F.] Bennett.

[See Conversation No. 15-198]

Also recorded on December 2, 1971

  • 015-197 11:31 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 12:15 pm.
  • 628-002 11:35 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:35 am to 12:13 pm.
  • 628-003 12:13 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:13 pm.
  • 015-198 12:15 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Frances (Grant) Bennett talked on the telephone from 12:15 pm to 12:17 pm.
  • 628-005 12:17 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:21 pm.
  • 628-006 12:21 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:21 pm to 12:43 pm.
  • 628-007 12:43 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:45 pm.
  • 628-008 12:45 PM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Clark MacGregor, Rose Mary Woods, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 2:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 628-004, December 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/628-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).