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.
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 AidConversation 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. Mitchell
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.