Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 2 › Conversation 002-001
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard G. Kleindienst
Monday, April 19, 1971 · 3:03 PM–3:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Deputy Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. This brief exchange served solely as an administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Department of Justice official. No policy matters or substantive discussions occurred during this connection.
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NARA Description
On April 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 2-1
Date: April 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:03 pm and 3:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 482-17A]
Call to Richard G. KleindienstAlso recorded on April 19, 1971
- 482-014 2:25 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:25 pm to 2:32 pm.
- 482-015 2:32 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:32 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 482-016 2:32 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:32 pm and 3:03 pm.
- 482-017 3:03 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:03 pm to 3:34 pm.
- 002-002 3:04 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 3:04 pm to 3:09 pm.
- 482-018 3:34 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:34 pm to 3:35 pm.
- 482-019 3:35 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert A. Taft, Jr., John E. Nidecker, Mrs. Preston Davie, Jeremiah Milbank, Jr., Ross Reid, Thomas W. Evans, Henry Catto, Mrs. Henry Catto, Adelaide M. Dempsey, Marion J. Epley, III, Robert L. Garner, Edward J. Gerrity, Jr., E. Frederic Morrow, Louis L. Rader, Richard M. Scaife, George M. Steinbrenner, III, Lewis L. Strauss, Arthur E. Summerfield, W. Allen Wallis, David K. ("Pat") Wilson, Marilyn Chelstrom, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:35 pm to 3:47 pm.
- 482-020 3:49 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 3:52 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 002-001, April 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-001 (accessed October 3, 2026).