Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 2 › Conversation 002-144
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Presidential operations
Friday, April 23, 1971 · 1:37 PM–6:53 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief telephone communication through the White House operator. The conversation did not progress beyond the operator's initial greeting and acknowledgment. Consequently, no specific business, requests, or administrative decisions were conducted during this interaction.
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NARA Description
President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 1:37 pm on April 23, 1971 and 6:53 pm on April 26, 1971. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-144 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 2-144
Date: Unknown between April 23 and April 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:37 pm, April 23 and 6:53 pm, April 26
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
No request made
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 002-144, 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/002-144 (accessed October 10, 2026).