Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-065
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William L. Safire
Tuesday, March 14, 1972 · 12:36 PM–2:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
Audio
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Position in tape (archivists' log): 02:25:32 – 02:25:43
part B, 22:11
NARA Description
On March 14, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-065 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 21-65
Date: March 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:36 pm and 2:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 685-11]
Request for a call to William L. SafireTranscript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
Also 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.
- 021-063 12:36 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 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.
- 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 021-065, March 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646310130). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-065 (accessed November 2, 2026).