Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-102

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Nelson A. Rockefeller

Thursday, February 17, 1972 · 8:11 AM–8:28 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation020-102 on Tape 20 (tape position 03:16:46–03:16:54)StartThursday, February 17, 1972 at 8:11 AMEndThursday, February 17, 1972 at 8:28 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-102 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to connect with New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. The conversation serves solely as a procedural request for the White House operator to place the call to the Governor. No substantive policy matters or further discussions were captured in this recording segment.

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Governor Rockefeller, please.
Governor Rockefeller, right here.

NARA Description

On February 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:11 am and 8:28 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-102 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-102

Date: February 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:11 am and 8:28 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 674-6]

     Request for a call to Nelson A. Rockefeller

Also recorded on February 17, 1972

  • 674-001 8:11 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:11 am and 8:15 am.
  • 674-002 8:11 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:11 am and 8:15 am.
  • 674-003 8:15 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:15 am to 8:24 am.
  • 674-004 8:24 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:24 am and 8:28 am.
  • 674-005 8:24 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:24 am and 8:28 am.
  • 674-006 8:24 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:24 am and 8:28 am.
  • 020-103 8:28 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 8:28 am to 8:31 am.
  • 674-007 8:28 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:28 am to 8:31 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-102, February 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-102 (accessed October 12, 2026).