Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-021
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on ITT scandal and Dita Beard
Sunday, March 26, 1972 · 7:21 PM–7:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Charles W. Colson discuss the political fallout and media coverage surrounding Dita Beard and the ongoing International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT) investigation. They specifically evaluate the implications of Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s aggressive questioning of Beard and explore potential White House strategies for managing the situation. The conversation concludes with a brief review of the President's upcoming schedule.
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NARA Description
On March 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:21 pm and 7:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 22-21
Date: March 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:21 pm and 7:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to Charles W. Colson
[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 022-022, which has been merged with
conversation 022-021.]
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Colson message to the President
-Manolo Sanchez
-Dita D. Beard
-Health
-Questioning by Edward M. Kennedy
-News report
-Senators’ response
-Conference
-Diagnosis
-Colson’s talk with an unknown doctor
-Time
-Diagnosis
-News photographs
-Kennedy
-Questioning of Beard
-Beard’s consent to be questioned
-Motives
-Content
-Unknown Colson source
-Report
-Possible wires to Kennedy
-President’s possible statement
-Questioning
-Public response
-News reports
-Helen A. Thomas
-Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-Beard
-Questioning by Edward J. Gurney
-Health
-Senators’ response
-Developments
-Unknown reporter
-White House strategy
-Response
The President’s scheduleAlso recorded on March 27, 1972
- 022-022 7:39 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:39 pm to 7:44 pm.
- 327-001 8:42 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:42 am and 9:21 am.
- 327-002 8:42 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:42 am and 9:21 am.
- 327-003 8:42 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:42 am and 9:21 am.
- 022-023 9:21 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:21 am to 9:22 am.
- 327-004 9:21 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:21 am to 9:22 am.
- 327-005 9:25 AM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 10:55 am.
- 022-024 10:55 AM · 46 sec — Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:11 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 022-021, March 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-021 (accessed October 12, 2026).