Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-055
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Timekeeping and Communication
Monday, February 7, 1972 · 8:52 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to verify the current time. This brief exchange served exclusively to confirm the time for administrative or personal record-keeping purposes. No further policy matters or official business were discussed during the call.
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NARA Description
On February 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-055 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-55
Date: February 7, 1972
Time: 8:52 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 320-4]
Request for correct timeAlso recorded on February 8, 1972
- 319-020 7:15 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:15 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 320-001 7:15 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:15 pm and 9:05 pm.
- 320-002 7:15 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:15 pm and 9:05 pm.
- 320-003 7:15 PM · 3 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 7:15 pm and 9:05 pm.
- 320-004 7:15 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 7:15 pm and 9:05 pm.
- 320-005 7:15 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:15 pm and 9:05 pm.
- 320-006 8:52 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 8:52 pm on February 7, 1972 and 10:21 pm on February 8, 1972.
- 020-056 10:21 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 12:28 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 020-055, February 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-055 (accessed October 25, 2026).