Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-060

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Hugh Scott and Communication

Tuesday, February 8, 1972 · 2:31 PM–2:44 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation020-060 on Tape 20 (tape position 02:05:13–02:05:21)StartTuesday, February 8, 1972 at 2:31 PMEndTuesday, February 8, 1972 at 2:44 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-060 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott. This brief communication served solely as a logistical request to establish a connection with the Senator. No further substantive policy matters or tactical decisions were discussed during this interaction.

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Please.
Senator Scott, please.
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 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-060 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-60

Date: February 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 320-17]

     Request for a call to Hugh Scott

Also 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.
  • 020-059 2:31 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:31 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-060, 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/020-060 (accessed October 2, 2026).