Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-012

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Abraham A. Ribicoff

Tuesday, March 7, 1972 · 2:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation021-012 on Tape 21 (tape position 00:37:54–00:38:02)StartTuesday, March 7, 1972 at 2:18 PMEndTuesday, March 7, 1972 at 2:18 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff. This administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate direct communication between the President and the Senator. No further substantive policy discussion took place during this brief exchange.

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Senator Ribicoff, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-12

Date: March 7, 1972
Time: 2:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Abraham A. Ribicoff

[See Conversation No. 322-24]

Also recorded on March 7, 1972

  • 021-011 2:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William M. Colmer talked on the telephone from 2:15 pm to 2:17 pm.
  • 322-023 2:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William M. Colmer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:15 pm to 2:17 pm.
  • 021-013 2:18 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:18 pm and 2:26 pm.
  • 021-014 2:18 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:18 pm and 2:26 pm.
  • 322-024 2:18 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:18 pm.
  • 322-025 2:18 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:18 pm and 2:26 pm.
  • 021-015 2:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:26 pm to 2:27 pm.
  • 322-026 2:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:26 pm to 2:27 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-012, 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/021-012 (accessed October 12, 2026).