Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-004

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Robert McClory and Congress

Monday, January 31, 1972 · 3:55 PM–3:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation020-004 on Tape 20 (tape position 00:09:51–00:10:05)StartMonday, January 31, 1972 at 3:55 PMEndMonday, January 31, 1972 at 3:57 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-004 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192691 ↗

A 9-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On January 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 3:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-4

Date: January 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:55 pm and 3:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 661-3A]

     Request for a call to Robert McClory

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Mr. McClory, please.
Who, please?
Bob McClory, Congressman McClory.
Right, sir.
Illinois.
Thank you.

Also recorded on January 31, 1972

  • 661-003 3:51 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, and Robert McClory met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 4:00 pm.
  • 020-005 3:57 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert McClory talked on the telephone from 3:57 pm to 3:58 pm.
  • 020-006 4:00 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:01 pm.
  • 661-004 4:00 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:01 pm.
  • 661-005 4:00 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:01 pm.
  • 020-007 4:01 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Leslye A. Arsht talked on the telephone from 4:01 pm to 4:03 pm.
  • 661-006 4:01 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leslye A. Arsht met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:01 pm to 4:03 pm.
  • 020-008 4:03 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:03 pm and 4:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-004, January 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192691). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-004 (accessed October 28, 2026).