Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-028

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Harry S. Dent

Wednesday, February 2, 1972 · 2:13 PM–2:14 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation020-028 on Tape 20 (tape position 00:54:12–00:54:20)StartWednesday, February 2, 1972 at 2:13 PMEndWednesday, February 2, 1972 at 2:14 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-028 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192739 ↗

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NARA Description

On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-028 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-28

Date: February 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:13 pm and 2:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 318-21]

     Request for a call to Harry S. Dent

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Yes, please.
Mr. Harry Dent, please.
Yes, Mr. President.

Also recorded on February 2, 1972

  • 318-018 2:06 PM · 8 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 2:06 pm and 2:09 pm.
  • 020-027 2:09 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:09 pm to 2:13 pm.
  • 318-019 2:09 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:09 pm.
  • 318-020 2:09 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:09 pm to 2:13 pm.
  • 318-021 2:13 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 an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:14 pm.
  • 020-029 2:14 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Harry S. Dent talked on the telephone from 2:14 pm to 2:20 pm.
  • 318-022 2:14 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Harry S. Dent met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:14 pm to 2:20 pm.
  • 318-023 2:21 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:21 pm to 2:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-028, February 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192739). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-028 (accessed November 2, 2026).