Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 21 › Conversation 021-053

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on James Keogh

Monday, March 13, 1972 · 11:21 AM–3:50 PM ET · White House Telephone ·10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation021-053 onTape 21 (tape position 02:04:09–02:04:20)StartMonday, March 13, 1972 at 11:21 AMEndMonday, March 13, 1972 at 3:50 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-053 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with former staff member James Keogh. The brief exchange focused on locating and dialing Keogh's contact information. No further policy or strategic matters were addressed during this administrative interaction.

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Look at me, Mr. James Keogh.
He was formerly on the White House staff.
I think we probably have his number.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 3:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-053 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-53

Date: March 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:21 am and 3:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 683-19]

     Request for a call to James Keogh

Also recorded on March 13, 1972

  • 021-049 10:07 AM · 11 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 683-005 12:02 PM · 1 min — Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:05 pm.
  • 683-006 12:02 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), Marina von Neumann Whitman, Dr. Robert Whitman, Malcolm Whitman, Laura Whitman, Josephine Pierce, Herbert Stein, Ezra Solomon, George P. Shultz, William L. Safire, Barbara H. Franklin, Paul McArdle, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:17 pm.
  • 683-007 12:18 PM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald S. Berman, Leonard Garment, William J. Powell, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:18 pm to 1:07 pm.

All 72 conversations from March 13, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-053, 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/021-053 (accessed September 18, 2026).