Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-042

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers

Thursday, February 3, 1972 · 9:18 AM–9:52 AM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation020-042 on Tape 20 (tape position 01:30:21–01:30:29)StartThursday, February 3, 1972 at 9:18 AMEndThursday, February 3, 1972 at 9:52 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-042 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192767 ↗

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NARA Description

On February 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-042 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-42

Date: February 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:18 am and 9:52 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to William P. Rogers

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Secretary Rogers, please.

Also recorded on February 3, 1972

  • 665-001 9:18 AM · 1 hr 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), William P. Rogers, Stephen B. Bull, Kenneth B. Keating, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:18 am to 10:52 am.
  • 020-043 9:52 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:52 am to 9:55 am.
  • 020-044 9:55 AM · 12 sec — the White House operator and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 12:49 pm.
  • 665-002 10:53 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:53 am.
  • 665-003 10:53 AM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ellsworth F. Bunker, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:53 am to 11:33 am.
  • 665-004 11:33 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:33 am and 11:53 am.
  • 665-005 11:33 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:33 am and 11:53 am.
  • 665-006 11:53 AM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:53 am to 1:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-042, February 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192767). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-042 (accessed November 2, 2026).