Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 21 › Conversation 021-099

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Robert H. Finch

Thursday, March 16, 1972 · 11:18 PM–11:19 PM ET · White House Telephone

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation021-099 onTape 21 (tape position 03:53:11–03:53:20)StartThursday, March 16, 1972 at 11:18 PMEndThursday, March 16, 1972 at 11:19 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-099 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to Robert H. Finch. This brief administrative exchange served as a directive to connect the President with his counselor for a private consultation. No further substantive details regarding the purpose or content of the intended conversation are available.

Audio

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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 11:18 pm and 11:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-099 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-99

Date: March 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:18 pm and 11:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Robert H. Finch

Also recorded on March 17, 1972

  • 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.
  • 021-100 11:19 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch talked on the telephone from 11:19 pm to 11:26 pm.
  • 095-001 12:00 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, George P. Shultz, and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Hugh Scott, Robert C. Byrd, Robert P. Griffin, Jacob K. Javits, Roman L. Hruska, James O. Eastland, Carl B. Albert, Gerald R. Ford, Albert H. Quie, William M. McCulloch, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Thomas C. Korologos, Richard K. Cook, Edward L. Morgan, Paul H. O'Neill, Patrick J. Buchanan, Kenneth W. Dam, Leonard Garment, Herbert G. Klein, White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 9:54 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-099, 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/021-099 (accessed September 18, 2026).