Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-001

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Monday, March 6, 1972 · 4:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation021-001 on Tape 21 (tape position 00:00:38–0)StartMonday, March 6, 1972 at 4:00 PMEndMonday, March 6, 1972 at 4:00 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-001 ↗

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Jayne Brumley. The exchange served strictly as a logistical request to connect the President with this specific individual. No further policy or administrative matters were discussed during this brief communication.

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Please.
Would you get me Mrs. Brumley, Jane Brumley, please?
Yes, Mr. President, thank you.

On March 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 21-1

Date: March 6, 1972
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Jayne Brumley

[See Conversation No. 678-3]
  • 678-001 3:00 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George W. Romney, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 3:58 pm.
  • 678-002 3:58 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 4:00 pm.
  • 678-003 4:00 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:00 pm.
  • 678-004 4:00 PM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Rose Mary Woods, Jayne Brumley, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and James C. H. Shen met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:00 pm to 5:04 pm.
  • 021-002 4:12 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Jayne Brumley talked on the telephone from 4:12 pm to 4:13 pm.
  • 021-003 4:13 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 7:14 pm.
  • 678-005 5:05 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:05 pm to 5:10 pm.
  • 678-006 5:10 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:15 pm.

Conversation 021-001, March 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).