Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 2 › Conversation 002-034
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Robert A. Taft Jr. and Senator
Friday, April 23, 1971 · 1:04 PM–1:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to facilitate a communication with Senator Robert A. Taft, Jr. The brief exchange serves as a logistical step to connect the President with the Senator for a subsequent discussion. No substantive policy matters are addressed in this short administrative interaction.
- Robert A. Taft Jr.
- White House operations
- Presidential communications
- Senator
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NARA Description
On April 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:04 pm and 1:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-034 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 2-34
Date: April 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:04 pm and 1:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 487-16]
Call to Robert A. Taft, Jr.Also recorded on April 23, 1971
- 487-014 12:42 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:52 pm.
- 487-015 12:52 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:52 pm to 1:04 pm.
- 487-016 1:04 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:04 pm and 1:11 pm.
- 002-035 1:11 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:11 pm.
- 487-017 1:11 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:11 pm.
- 487-018 1:11 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:11 pm and 1:17 pm.
- 002-036 1:14 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:32 pm.
- 487-019 1:17 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Chief Herbert R. Rainwater met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:17 pm to 1:51 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 002-034, April 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-034 (accessed October 10, 2026).