Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-071

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John D. Ehrlichman

Tuesday, February 8, 1972 · 7:14 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation020-071 on Tape 20 (tape position 02:18:32–02:18:38)StartTuesday, February 8, 1972 at 7:14 PMEndTuesday, February 8, 1972 at 7:14 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-071 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an urgent outgoing call to his domestic policy advisor, John D. Ehrlichman. The brief exchange served primarily to facilitate direct communication between the President and a key staff member. No policy discussions occurred during this administrative request.

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Good luck, man.

NARA Description

On February 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-071 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-71

Date: February 8, 1972
Time: 7:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to John D. Ehrlichman

Also recorded on February 9, 1972

  • 020-068 7:05 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:05 pm.
  • 020-069 7:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:05 pm.
  • 020-070 7:06 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:06 pm.
  • 020-072 7:14 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:14 pm.
  • 020-073 7:14 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:14 pm and 7:32 pm.
  • 020-074 7:32 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 7:32 pm to 7:38 pm.
  • 020-075 7:58 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:58 am and 8:31 am.
  • 090-002 7:58 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) [members of Kissinger's staff] met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 7:58 am and 11:31 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-071, February 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-071 (accessed October 2, 2026).