Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-096

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H.R. Haldeman

Thursday, March 16, 1972 · 11:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation021-096 on Tape 21 (tape position 03:49:04–03:49:10)StartThursday, March 16, 1972 at 11:12 PMEndThursday, March 16, 1972 at 11:12 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-096 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646310192 ↗

A 6-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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Position in tape (archivists' log): 03:49:04 – 03:49:10

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NARA Description

On March 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-096 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-96

Date: March 16, 1972
Time: 11:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Also recorded on March 16, 1972

  • 021-092 10:31 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:31 pm to 10:38 pm.
  • 021-093 10:40 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II talked on the telephone from 10:40 pm to 10:49 pm.
  • 021-094 10:57 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:57 pm to 11:07 pm.
  • 021-095 11:07 PM · 11 sec — 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.
  • 021-097 11:12 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:12 pm.
  • 021-098 11:13 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 11:13 pm to 11:18 pm.
  • 021-099 11:18 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:18 pm and 11:19 pm.
  • 021-100 11:19 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch talked on the telephone from 11:19 pm to 11:26 pm.

All 19 conversations from March 16, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-096, March 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646310192). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-096 (accessed November 1, 2026).