Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-121
Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Ronald L. Ziegler
Tuesday, February 29, 1972 · 3:17 PM–3:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief telephone conversation with H. R. Haldeman to coordinate the timing and logistics of an upcoming meeting. The discussion focused on facilitating a subsequent session between the President, Haldeman, and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The call served primarily as an administrative bridge to assemble key staff for immediate policy or press deliberations.
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NARA Description
On February 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:17 pm to 3:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-121 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-121
Date: February 29, 1972
Time: 3:17 pm - 3:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman on line
Haldeman talked with the President between 3:17 pm and 3:18 pm.
[See Conversation No. 322-12]
Ronald L. Ziegler and Haldeman meeting with PresidentAlso recorded on February 29, 1972
- 020-119 2:53 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and 2:56 pm.
- 020-120 2:56 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:56 pm to 3:16 pm.
- 322-010 2:56 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:56 pm to 3:16 pm.
- 322-011 3:17 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:17 pm.
- 322-012 3:17 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:17 pm to 3:18 pm.
- 020-122 3:18 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:18 pm and 8:40 pm.
- 322-013 3:18 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:18 pm and 3:23 pm.
- 322-014 3:23 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:23 pm to 4:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 020-121, February 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/020-121 (accessed October 2, 2026).