Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-049

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Crosby S. Noyes

Monday, March 13, 1972 · 10:07 AM–11:16 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation021-049 on Tape 21 (tape position 01:59:21–01:59:32)StartMonday, March 13, 1972 at 10:07 AMEndMonday, March 13, 1972 at 11:16 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-049 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Crosby S. Noyes, a journalist with the Washington Star. This brief exchange serves as the administrative initiation for the President to communicate directly with members of the press. No further substantive policy matters are discussed during this connection attempt.

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Could you get me Mr. Crosby Noyes, please, of the Washington Star?
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On March 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:07 am and 11:16 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-049 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-49

Date: March 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:07 am and 11:16 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 683-4A]

     Request for a call to Crosby S. Noyes of Washington Star

Also recorded on March 13, 1972

  • 683-001 8:54 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:54 am and 9:41 am.
  • 683-002 8:54 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:54 am and 9:41 am.
  • 683-003 9:41 AM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:41 am to 10:15 am.
  • 021-048 10:06 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 10:06 am to 10:07 am.
  • 683-004 10:15 AM · 1 hr 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, Croby S. Noyes, Constance M. Stuart, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:15 am to 12:01 pm.
  • 021-050 11:16 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Croby S. Noyes talked on the telephone from 11:16 am to 11:21 am.
  • 021-051 11:21 AM · 7 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 3:50 pm.
  • 021-052 11:21 AM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Constance M. Stuart talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 3:50 pm.

All 72 conversations from March 13, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-049, March 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-049 (accessed October 3, 2026).