Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 2 › Conversation 002-024

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William B. Saxbe

Wednesday, April 21, 1971 · 4:38 PM–4:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation002-024 on Tape 2 (tape position 00:36:06–00:36:12)StartWednesday, April 21, 1971 at 4:38 PMEndWednesday, April 21, 1971 at 4:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 002-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator William B. Saxbe. This brief exchange served as an administrative bridge to initiate direct communication between the President and the Senator. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific connection.

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NARA Description

On April 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:38 pm and 4:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 2-24

Date: April 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:38 pm and 4:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 485-4A]

     Call to William B. Saxbe

Also recorded on April 21, 1971

  • 252-008 3:01 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:08 pm.
  • 252-009 3:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:08 pm.
  • 485-001 3:08 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 485-002 3:14 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Peter M. Flanigan, John C. Whitaker, and William E. Kriegsman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:14 pm to 3:51 pm.
  • 485-003 3:51 PM · 22 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 4:16 pm.
  • 485-004 4:18 PM · 1 hr 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John N. Mitchell, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, William B. Saxbe, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:18 pm to 6:13 pm.
  • 002-025 4:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William B. Saxbe talked on the telephone from 4:59 pm to 5:02 pm.
  • 485-005 6:13 PM · 3 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:13 pm and 6:37 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 002-024, April 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-024 (accessed October 12, 2026).