Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-016

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles S. Gubser

Wednesday, February 2, 1972 · 8:51 AM–9:10 AM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation020-016 on Tape 20 (tape position 00:42:33–00:42:42)StartWednesday, February 2, 1972 at 8:51 AMEndWednesday, February 2, 1972 at 9:10 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Charles S. Gubser of California. The operator confirmed the request to connect the President with the representative. This brief administrative interaction served as the initiation for the President's subsequent legislative outreach.

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Congressman Goopser, please.
California Goopser.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:51 am and 9:10 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-16

Date: February 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:51 am and 9:10 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 664-1]

     Request for a call to Charles S. Gubser

Also recorded on February 2, 1972

  • 664-001 8:51 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:51 am and 9:10 am.
  • 020-017 9:10 AM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles S. Gubser talked on the telephone from 9:10 am to 9:13 am.
  • 664-002 9:10 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles S. Gubser met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:10 am to 9:13 am.
  • 020-018 9:13 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:14 am.
  • 664-003 9:13 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:14 am.
  • 664-004 9:13 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:14 am.
  • 020-019 9:14 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas N. Downing talked on the telephone from 9:14 am to 9:15 am.
  • 664-005 9:14 AM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas N. Downing met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:14 am to 9:15 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-016, February 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-016 (accessed October 12, 2026).