Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 2 › Conversation 002-125
Nixon phone call with Mitchell
Saturday, May 8, 1971 · 11:49 AM–11:51 AM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
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Position in tape: 04:39:01 – 04:41:05
part C, 33:41
NARA Description
On May 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 11:49 am to 11:51 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-125 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 2-125
Date: May 8, 1971
Time: 11:49 am - 11:51 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with John N. Mitchell.
[See Conversation No. 494-4C]
Supersonic Transport [SST]
-Mitchell's possible conversation with Richard J. Daley
-W. Clement Stone
-Daley's forthcoming visit with President
-Stone
Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on May 8, 1971
- 494-003 10:15 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Walter E. Washington, Jerry V. Wilson, Hugh McClellan Exton, Roland Merrill Gleszer, Charles Southward, John W. Dean, III, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:15 am to 10:32 am.
- 494-004 10:33 AM · 2 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:33 am to 1:12 pm.
- 002-124 11:45 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:45 am and 11:49 am.
- 494-005 1:12 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:12 pm and 1:35 pm.
- 494-006 1:35 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:40 pm.
- 494-007 1:50 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 1:55 pm.
- 494-008 1:55 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:55 pm and 2:40 pm.
- 494-009 1:55 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:55 pm and 2:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 002-125, May 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188209). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-125 (accessed October 30, 2026).