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Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Tapes

Thursday, May 20, 1971 · 12:31 PM–12:36 PM ET · White House Telephone · 34 sec

ParticipantsNot recordedConversation003-082 on Tape 3 (tape position 01:44:52–01:45:24)StartThursday, May 20, 1971 at 12:31 PMEndThursday, May 20, 1971 at 12:36 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 003-082 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures a brief interval between 12:31 pm and 12:36 pm on the White House telephone system. The tape is currently blank, preventing any assessment of the participants, subject matter, or potential administrative actions. No substantive information or policy developments can be attributed to this specific file.

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NARA Description

On May 20, 1971, the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:36 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-082 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 3-82

Date: May 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:31 pm and 12:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone

     [Unintelligible]

[This portion of the tape appears to be blank. However, a conversation may have taken place]

Also recorded on May 20, 1971

  • 502-011 11:18 AM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Gerald R. Ford, Rose Mary Woods, and Mark I. Goode met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:18 am to 11:59 am.
  • 003-080 11:50 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone from 11:50 am to 11:53 am.
  • 502-012 12:05 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), John A. Scali, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:05 pm to 12:48 pm.
  • 003-081 12:31 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John A. Scali talked on the telephone at 12:31 pm.
  • 003-083 12:36 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 12:36 pm to 12:39 pm.
  • 003-084 1:42 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:42 pm and 1:44 pm.
  • 502-013 1:42 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:42 pm and 1:44 pm.
  • 003-085 1:44 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Justin W. Dart talked on the telephone from 1:44 pm to 1:47 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 003-082, May 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-082 (accessed October 6, 2026).