Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-058
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Robert H. Finch
Tuesday, February 8, 1972 · 2:31 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Robert H. Finch. This brief interaction served solely to initiate communication with the former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. The President's primary action was the immediate request for this connection.
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NARA Description
On February 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-058 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-58
Date: February 8, 1972
Time: 2:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 320-14]
Request for a call to Robert H. FinchAlso recorded on February 8, 1972
- 020-059 2:31 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:31 pm.
- 020-060 2:31 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm.
- 020-061 2:31 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm.
- 320-014 2:31 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 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm.
- 320-015 2:31 PM · 16 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 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm.
- 320-016 2:31 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm.
- 320-017 2:31 PM · 4 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 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm.
- 020-062 2:44 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:44 pm to 2:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 020-058, 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/020-058 (accessed October 2, 2026).