Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-013

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

Tuesday, March 7, 1972 · 2:18 PM–2:26 PM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation021-013 on Tape 21 (tape position 00:38:02–00:38:20)StartTuesday, March 7, 1972 at 2:18 PMEndTuesday, March 7, 1972 at 2:26 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-013 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff. The operator informed the President that Ribicoff was currently at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, attending to his critically ill wife. Nixon confirmed his desire to proceed with reaching the Senator despite his location.

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Mr. President, Senator Rivikoff is in Rochester, Minnesota at the Mayo Clinic with his wife who is critically ill. Did you want me to reach him there?
Yeah, reach him there.
All right, thank you.

NARA Description

On March 7, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-13

Date: March 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:18 pm and 2:26 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

     Abraham A. Ribicoff’s location
         -Rochester, Minnesota
              -Mayo Clinic
                    -Ruth Siegel Ribicoff

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.
  • 021-012 2:18 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:18 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 021-013, 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/021-013 (accessed October 2, 2026).