Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-056

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H. Walter Riland

Tuesday, February 8, 1972 · 10:21 AM–12:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 26 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation020-056 on Tape 20 (tape position 02:03:18–02:03:44)StartTuesday, February 8, 1972 at 10:21 AMEndTuesday, February 8, 1972 at 12:28 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-056 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to arrange a birthday call for H. Walter Riland, the father of Dr. W. Kenneth Riland. The President provided the recipient's specific contact information in Scarsdale, New York, to facilitate the connection. This brief administrative interaction served as a personal outreach effort by the President.

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I wondered if you could get me Mr. Walter Ryland.
He's the father of Dr. Ryland.
The father of Dr. Ryland?
Yeah, he's having his birthday today.
Let's see.
It's in 11 Warwick Avenue, Scarsdale, New York.
All right, Mr. President, fine.
Mr. Walter Ryland.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On February 8, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-056 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-56

Date: February 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:21 am and 12:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 320-8]

     Request for a call to H. Walter Riland
         -Dr. W. Kenneth Riland

Also recorded on February 8, 1972

  • 667-001 10:25 AM · 1 hr 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:25 am to 12:20 pm.
  • 667-002 12:20 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 5:13 pm.
  • 667-004 12:20 PM · 30 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 5:13 pm.
  • 320-007 12:23 PM · 5 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 12:23 pm and 12:28 pm.
  • 320-008 12:23 PM · 23 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 12:23 pm and 12:28 pm.
  • 020-057 12:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. Walter Riland talked on the telephone from 12:28 pm to 12:29 pm.
  • 320-009 12:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dr. W. Kenneth Riland met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:28 pm to 12:29 pm.
  • 320-010 12:29 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 2:31 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-056, 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/020-056 (accessed October 25, 2026).