Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-008

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Communication

Tuesday, March 7, 1972 · 9:58 AM–10:57 AM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation021-008 on Tape 21 (tape position 00:34:39–00:34:46)StartTuesday, March 7, 1972 at 9:58 AMEndTuesday, March 7, 1972 at 10:57 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to Timothy G. Elbourne. The exchange was strictly logistical, functioning solely to facilitate the connection between the President and the requested party. No further policy or substantive matters were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.

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Yes, please.
ML Born, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On March 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:58 am and 10:57 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-8

Date: March 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:58 am and 10:57 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Timothy G. Elbourne

[See Conversation No. 679-7]

Also recorded on March 7, 1972

  • 679-002 9:58 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. Allen Smith, Clark MacGregor, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:58 am to 10:02 am.
  • 679-003 10:02 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 10:05 am.
  • 679-004 10:07 AM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:07 am to 10:48 am.
  • 679-005 10:48 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:48 am to 10:49 am.
  • 679-006 10:49 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield, Bennett Applegate, Ruth Huenemann, Jacqueline Johnson, Josephine Martin, John F. Murphy, Dale Farnell, Edward Schwartzkopf, Cola D. Warson, Roger Whitcomb, Richard E. Lyng, Edward J. Hekman, Herbert D. Rorey, Russell H. James, White House photographer, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:49 am to 10:57 am.
  • 021-009 10:57 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Timothy G. Elbourne talked on the telephone from 10:57 am to 10:58 am.
  • 679-007 10:57 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:57 am.
  • 679-008 10:57 AM · 1 hr 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Timothy G. Elbourne, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Patricia Haig, Barbara E. Haig, Alonzo Fox, John K. Andrews, Jr., John V. Brennan, Vernon C. Coffey, Jr., Sarah Coffey, Karen Coffey, Vernon C. Coffey, III, Craig Coffey, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:57 am to 12:31 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-008, March 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-008 (accessed October 12, 2026).