Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-041

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on J. William Fulbright

Friday, March 10, 1972 · 8:21 AM–1:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation021-041 on Tape 21 (tape position 01:24:03–01:24:12)StartFriday, March 10, 1972 at 8:21 AMEndFriday, March 10, 1972 at 1:00 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-041 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Senator J. William Fulbright. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The conversation concluded once the operator initiated the connection process.

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Yes, please.
Get Senator Fulbright on the phone for me, please.
Senator Fulbright?
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On March 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:21 am and 1:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-041 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-41

Date: March 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:21 am and 1:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 682-8A]

     Request for a call to J. William Fulbright

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  • 682-004 12:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:33 pm and 12:38 pm.
  • 682-005 12:38 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, William Brock, Carol Hanson, Evelyn Grubb, Janice Ray, Olive Hunt, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Frank A. Sievers, Roger E. Shields, John E. Nidecker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:45 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-041, March 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-041 (accessed October 3, 2026).