Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-108

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard M. Helms and CIA

Tuesday, April 11, 1972 · 1:14 PM–2:06 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-108 on Tape 22 (tape position 04:17:35–04:17:41)StartTuesday, April 11, 1972 at 1:14 PMEndTuesday, April 11, 1972 at 2:06 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-108 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193181 ↗

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On April 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 2:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-108 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 22-108

Date: April 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:14 pm and 2:06 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 329-20]

     Request for call to Richard M. Helms

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Did you get Director Helms, please?
  • 329-015 12:35 PM · 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 12:35 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 329-016 12:37 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:37 pm to 12:40 pm.
  • 022-106 12:40 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm.
  • 329-017 12:40 PM · 4 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 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm.
  • 329-018 12:40 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm.
  • 022-107 1:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 1:12 pm to 1:14 pm.
  • 329-019 1:12 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:12 pm to 1:14 pm.
  • 329-020 1:14 PM · 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 1:14 pm and 2:06 pm.

Conversation 022-108, April 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193181). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-108 (accessed November 2, 2026).