Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-063
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John N. Mitchell
Tuesday, March 14, 1972 · 12:36 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to John N. Mitchell. The primary purpose of this brief communication was to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and the former Attorney General. No further substantive matters were recorded during this brief administrative request.
Audio
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NARA Description
On March 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-063 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 21-63
Date: March 14, 1972
Time: 12:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 685-8]
Request for a call to John N. MitchellAlso recorded on March 14, 1972
- 685-005 12:15 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 12:15 pm and 12:18 pm.
- 685-006 12:18 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Wes H. Bartlett, Darrell Coover, Jack R. Miller, Jaynie K. Miller, William E. Timmons, Henry C. Cashen, II, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:18 pm to 12:32 pm.
- 685-007 12:32 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:36 pm.
- 021-064 12:36 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:36 pm.
- 021-065 12:36 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 2:55 pm.
- 685-008 12:36 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:36 pm.
- 685-009 12:36 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:36 pm.
- 685-010 12:36 PM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:36 pm to 1:57 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 021-063, March 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-063 (accessed October 3, 2026).