Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-021
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Peter M. Flanigan
Wednesday, February 2, 1972 · 1:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon communicated with the White House operator to inquire about the availability of advisor Peter M. Flanigan. Upon learning that Flanigan was currently in New York delivering a speech, the President decided to postpone the contact. Nixon instructed the operator to hold the call until Flanigan returned to the office later that afternoon.
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NARA Description
On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-21
Date: February 2, 1972
Time: 1:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 318-11]
Status of call to Peter M. Flanigan
-Flanigan's schedule
-Return callAlso recorded on February 2, 1972
- 020-020 1:40 PM · 7 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 020-021, 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/020-021 (accessed October 12, 2026).