Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-002

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Abraham A. Ribicoff

Monday, January 31, 1972 · 2:22 PM–2:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation020-002 on Tape 20 (tape position 00:01:04–00:01:11)StartMonday, January 31, 1972 at 2:22 PMEndMonday, January 31, 1972 at 2:34 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-002 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192687 ↗

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NARA Description

On January 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:22 pm and 2:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-2

Date: January 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:22 pm and 2:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 661-1A]

     Request for a call to Abraham A. Ribicoff

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Hello, Senator Ribicoff, please.
Thank you, sir.

Also recorded on January 31, 1972

  • 661-001 1:28 PM · 1 hr 40 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, Abraham A. Ribicoff, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:28 pm to 3:12 pm.
  • 020-003 2:34 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Abraham A. Ribicoff talked on the telephone from 2:34 pm to 2:42 pm.
  • 661-002 3:13 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:13 pm to 3:51 pm.
  • 661-003 3:51 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, and Robert McClory met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 4:00 pm.
  • 020-004 3:55 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 3:57 pm.
  • 020-005 3:57 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert McClory talked on the telephone from 3:57 pm to 3:58 pm.
  • 020-006 4:00 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:01 pm.
  • 661-004 4:00 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:01 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-002, January 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192687). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-002 (accessed October 31, 2026).