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

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Peter M. Flanigan

Wednesday, February 2, 1972 · 1:40 PM–1:48 PM ET · White House Telephone ·7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation020-020 onTape 20 (tape position 00:44:35–00:44:42)StartWednesday, February 2, 1972 at 1:40 PMEndWednesday, February 2, 1972 at 1:48 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request with the White House operator to be connected with Peter M. Flanigan. The exchange serves solely to facilitate administrative communication between the President and his Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs. No further substantive discussion occurs during this short segment.

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Excuse me, Mr. Peter Feinigan, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-20

Date: February 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 1:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 318-9]

     Request for a call to Peter M. Flanigan

Also recorded on February 2, 1972

  • 318-008 1:40 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 318-009 1:40 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 318-010 1:40 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 020-021 1:48 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:48 pm.
  • 318-011 1:48 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:48 pm.
  • 020-022 1:50 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:50 pm.
  • 318-012 1:50 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:50 pm.
  • 318-013 1:50 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 1:56 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-020, 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/020-020 (accessed September 18, 2026).