Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 2 › Conversation 002-128
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John N. Mitchell
Saturday, May 8, 1971 · 11:45 PM–12:16 AM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a telephone call to Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The conversation was purely functional, serving as a brief directive from the President to connect him with a key member of his cabinet. No substantive policy discussions or policy decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
- John N. Mitchell
- White House communications
- Presidential directive
- Attorney General
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NARA Description
President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 11:45 pm on May 8, 1971 and 12:16 am on May 9, 1971. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-128 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 2-128
Date: Unknown between May 8, 1971 and May 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:45 pm, May 8 and 12:16 am, May 9
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to John N. Mitchell
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542Also recorded on May 9, 1971
- 002-129 12:16 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 12:16 am to 12:22 am.
- 002-130 12:22 AM · 1 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:22 am and 12:29 am.
- 002-131 12:29 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:29 am.
- 002-132 12:29 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 am and 2:04 pm.
- 002-133 2:04 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 2:04 pm to 2:15 pm.
- 002-134 2:17 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:17 pm.
- 002-135 2:17 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:17 pm and 2:18 pm.
- 002-136 2:18 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:18 pm to 2:21 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 002-128, May 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-128 (accessed September 30, 2026).