Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 20 › Conversation 020-017
Nixon phone call with Gubser on Political support and Congressional relations
Wednesday, February 2, 1972 · 9:10 AM–9:13 AM ET · White House Telephone ·58 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon received a brief congratulatory telephone call from Congressman Charles S. Gubser regarding the President's recent birthday. The conversation served primarily as a social pleasantry, during which Nixon acknowledged Gubser's legislative support. The President concluded the call by commending Gubser's ongoing loyalty and advocacy for the administration's agenda.
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NARA Description
On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles S. Gubser talked on the telephone from 9:10 am to 9:13 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-17
Date: February 2, 1972
Time: 9:10 am - 9:13 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles S. Gubser.
[See Conversation No. 664-2]
Birthday greetings
-William E. Timmons
-Gubser’s schedule
-Gubser’s support for PresidentAlso recorded on February 2, 1972
- 020-016 8:51 AM · 8 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 664-006 9:15 AM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:15 am to 10:05 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 020-017, 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/020-017 (accessed September 18, 2026).