President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent connection to his Assistant for Domestic Affairs, John D. Ehrlichman. The brief communication served strictly as an administrative request to place a telephone call to Ehrlichman. No further substantive discussions or policy decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.
On March 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:07 pm and 11:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-095 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 21-95
Date: March 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:07 pm and 11:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to John D. EhrlichmanNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.