Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-130
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Hugh Scott
Tuesday, February 29, 1972 · 9:08 PM–9:13 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Senator Hugh Scott. This administrative communication served to facilitate direct contact between the President and the Senate Minority Leader. No further substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief exchange.
- Hugh Scott
- Presidential communications
- Senate Minority Leader
- White House operations
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NARA Description
On February 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:08 pm and 9:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-130 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-130
Date: February 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:08 pm and 9:13 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Hugh ScottAlso recorded on March 1, 1972
- 020-125 8:49 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:49 pm to 8:52 pm.
- 020-126 8:52 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:52 pm and 8:57 pm.
- 020-127 8:57 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:57 pm and 9:05 pm.
- 020-128 8:57 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:57 pm and 9:05 pm.
- 020-129 9:05 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hobart D. Lewis talked on the telephone from 9:05 pm to 9:08 pm.
- 020-131 9:13 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hugh Scott talked on the telephone from 9:13 pm to 9:17 pm.
- 020-132 9:17 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 9:17 pm to 9:19 pm.
- 020-133 9:19 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:19 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 020-130, March 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-130 (accessed October 12, 2026).