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Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Billy Graham

Saturday, January 29, 1972 · 8:50 AM ET · Oval Office · 27 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation660-005 on Tape 660 (tape position 00:23:00–00:24:28)StartSaturday, January 29, 1972 at 8:50 AMEndSaturday, January 29, 1972 at 8:50 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 660-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the current whereabouts of Billy Graham, who was reportedly visiting Washington, D.C. The brief exchange focused on identifying the specific hotel where Graham was staying. The conversation concluded without any significant policy developments or further action items beyond locating the prominent evangelist.

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God, Billy Graham, I think he's in town.
Oh, he stays over at that, uh, uh, new hotel.
Huh?
No, no, the, uh, I used to find it here.
Oh.

NARA Description

On January 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 660-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 660-005

Date: January 29, 1972

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

Time: 8:50 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 19-160]

Also recorded on January 29, 1972

  • 019-159 8:35 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Idanell ("Nellie") (Brill) Connally, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 8:35 am to 8:50 am.
  • 660-004 8:35 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Idanell ("Nellie") (Brill) Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:35 am to 8:50 am.
  • 019-160 8:50 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:50 am.
  • 660-006 8:50 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 9:00 am.
  • 660-007 9:00 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, DeWitt Wallace, and Lila (Acheson) Wallace met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:00 am to 9:04 am.
  • 019-161 9:05 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:05 am.
  • 019-162 9:05 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 9:05 am to 9:08 am.
  • 660-008 9:05 AM · 3 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Stephen B. Bull, Barbara H. Franklin, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Marina von Neumann Whitman, White House photographer, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), White House operator, John N. Mitchell, Idanell ("Nellie") (Brill) Connally, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:05 am to 12:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 660-005, January 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/660-005 (accessed October 12, 2026).