Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-059
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Robert H. Finch
Tuesday, February 8, 1972 · 2:31 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon coordinated with the White House operator to facilitate a phone conversation with Robert H. Finch. The operator informed the President that Finch was currently at lunch with John C. Veneman at the Madison Hotel but expected to return shortly. Nixon requested that Finch call him back before 3:00 p.m., or otherwise be reached later that afternoon.
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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 020-059 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-59
Date: February 8, 1972
Time: 2:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 320-15]
Status of call to Robert H. Finch
-Finch's schedule
-John C. Veneman
-Madison Hotel
-Return of callAlso recorded on February 8, 1972
- 020-058 2:31 PM · 5 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 020-059, 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/020-059 (accessed October 12, 2026).