Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-051
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller
Monday, February 7, 1972 · 4:49 PM–4:52 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
A 6-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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NARA Description
On February 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:49 pm and 4:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-051 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-51
Date: February 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:49 pm and 4:52 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 319-16]
Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) NixonTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on February 7, 1972
- 020-050 4:44 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:44 pm to 4:49 pm.
- 319-015 4:49 PM · 43 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 4:49 pm and 4:52 pm.
- 319-016 4:49 PM · 3 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 4:49 pm and 4:52 pm.
- 319-017 4:49 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:49 pm and 4:52 pm.
- 319-018 4:52 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:52 pm to 4:53 pm.
- 020-052 4:53 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 8:52 pm.
- 020-053 4:53 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 8:52 pm.
- 020-054 4:53 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 8:52 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 020-051, February 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192783). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-051 (accessed November 15, 2026).