Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-108

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal correspondence

Saturday, March 18, 1972 · 10:07 AM–12:10 PM ET · White House Telephone

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation021-108 on Tape 21 (tape position 04:04:35–04:04:41)StartSaturday, March 18, 1972 at 10:07 AMEndSaturday, March 18, 1972 at 12:10 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-108 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call. The primary purpose of the communication was to facilitate a conversation between the President and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. No further policy or administrative matters were addressed during this brief exchange.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On March 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:07 am and 12:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-108 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-108

Date: March 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:07 am and 12:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 688-8]

     Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on March 18, 1972

  • 688-001 10:26 AM · 2 min — Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:56 am.
  • 688-002 11:00 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:05 am.
  • 688-003 11:00 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:05 am.
  • 688-004 11:05 AM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:05 am to 11:52 am.
  • 688-005 11:52 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:52 am to 11:53 am.
  • 688-006 11:53 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:53 am to 11:59 am.
  • 688-007 12:00 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:00 pm to 12:01 pm.
  • 688-008 12:01 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 pm and 12:10 pm.

All 24 conversations from March 18, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-108, March 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-108 (accessed October 3, 2026).