Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-147
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller
Tuesday, May 16, 1972 · 1:05 AM–10:11 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
A 6-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
Audio
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Position in tape (archivists' log): 03:35:29 – 03:35:35
part B, 1:33:19
NARA Description
On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 am and 10:11 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-147 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-147
Date: May 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:05 am and 10:11 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 725-20]
Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) NixonTranscript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
Also recorded on May 16, 1972
- 131-001 12:01 AM · 2 min — Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:01 am on May 16, 1972 and 2:26 pm on May 17, 1972.
- 131-002 12:01 AM · 23 sec — Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:01 am on May 16, 1972 and 2:26 pm on May 17, 1972.
- 131-003 12:01 AM · 52 sec — Unknown person(s) and John ("Microwave") Mizzer talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:01 am on May 16, 1972 and 2:26 pm on May 17, 1972.
- 131-004 12:01 AM · 1 min — John ("Microwave") Mizzer, Camp David operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:01 am on May 16, 1972 and 2:26 pm on May 17, 1972.
- 725-001 7:55 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:55 am and 7:57 am.
- 725-002 7:57 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:57 am to 8:03 am.
- 024-137 8:03 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:11 am.
- 024-138 8:03 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:11 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-147, May 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646314610). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-147 (accessed November 14, 2026).