Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-091
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H. R. Haldeman
Thursday, March 16, 1972 · 10:29 PM–10:31 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his Chief of Staff, H. R. Haldeman. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to place a telephone call to Haldeman at an late hour. No further policy or administrative matters were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On March 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:29 pm and 10:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-091 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 21-91
Date: March 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:29 pm and 10:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) HaldemanAlso recorded on March 17, 1972
- 021-090 10:27 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 10:27 pm to 10:29 pm.
- 021-092 10:31 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:31 pm to 10:38 pm.
- 021-093 10:40 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II talked on the telephone from 10:40 pm to 10:49 pm.
- 021-094 10:57 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:57 pm to 11:07 pm.
- 021-095 11:07 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:07 pm and 11:12 pm.
- 021-096 11:12 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:12 pm.
- 021-097 11:12 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:12 pm.
- 021-098 11:13 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 11:13 pm to 11:18 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 021-091, March 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-091 (accessed October 3, 2026).