Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-134
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Telephone logs
Monday, March 20, 1972 · 8:00 PM–1:03 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon initiated a telephone call through the White House operator, but the communication attempt proved unsuccessful. The recording consists solely of the administrative effort to establish a connection before the call was terminated. No substantive policy matters or further developments occurred during this brief interaction.
Audio
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 04:21:13 into the tape and ends around 04:21:27.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 8:00 pm on March 20, 1972 and 1:03 pm on March 21, 1972. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-134 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 21-134 Date: Unknown between March 20, 1972 and March 21, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:00 pm, March 20 and 1:03 pm, March 21 Location: White House Telephone The President attempted to place a call with the White House operator. [Aborted telephone call]
Also recorded on March 21, 1972
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- 021-123 7:59 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 7:59 pm to 8:00 pm.
- 690-001 9:20 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:07 am.
- 690-002 9:20 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:07 am.
- 690-003 9:20 AM · 6 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:07 am.
- 690-004 9:20 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:07 am.
- 690-005 9:20 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:07 am.
- 690-006 9:20 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:07 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 021-134, March 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-134 (accessed October 12, 2026).