Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 2 › Conversation 002-013
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John N. Mitchell
Tuesday, April 20, 1971 · 4:42 PM–4:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
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On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:42 pm and 4:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 2-13
Date: April 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:42 pm and 4:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 483-19A]
Call to John N. Mitchell's secretary, Sue Morrison
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Also recorded on April 20, 1971
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- 002-012 4:04 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George H. Mahon talked on the telephone from 4:04 pm to 4:07 pm.
- 483-018 4:10 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, Fred Maroon, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:10 pm to 4:19 pm.
- 483-019 4:20 PM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John N. Mitchell, John W. Dean, III, White House photographer, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Sue Morrison met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:20 pm to 5:14 pm.
- 002-014 4:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, and Sue Morrison talked on the telephone from 4:59 pm to 5:01 pm.
- 483-020 5:14 PM · 2 min — Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:17 pm.
- 483-021 5:14 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, John N. Mitchell, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:17 pm.
- 055-001 5:17 PM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican senators, including Barry M. Goldwater, Henry L. Bellmon, John G. Tower, Howard H. Baker, Jr., Robert J. Dole, Edward J. Gurney, J. Caleb Boggs, Carl T. Curtis, Clifford P. Hansen, Jack R. Miller, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Kenneth E. BeLieu, Eugene S. Cowen, Harry S. Dent, and Henry A. Kissinger, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:17 pm to 6:21 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 002-013, April 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417187993). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-013 (accessed November 1, 2026).