Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-112

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on J. Edgar Hoover and FBI

Tuesday, April 11, 1972 · 7:54 PM–8:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-112 on Tape 22 (tape position 04:31:45–04:31:52)StartTuesday, April 11, 1972 at 7:54 PMEndTuesday, April 11, 1972 at 8:00 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-112 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193189 ↗

A 7-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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 7:54 pm and 8:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-112 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 22-112

Date: April 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:54 pm and 8:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to J. Edgar Hoover

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Mr. Edgar Hoover, please.
Sure.
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  • 329-026 2:45 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:45 pm to 2:55 pm.
  • 706-004 2:57 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:57 pm to 3:03 pm.
  • 706-005 3:06 PM · 1 hr 60 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter G. Peterson, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, Arthur F. Burns, George P. Shultz, John B. Connally, and Frederic V. Malek met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:06 pm to 5:05 pm.
  • 706-006 5:05 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 022-110 6:21 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:21 pm and 7:41 pm.
  • 022-111 7:41 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:41 pm to 7:54 pm.
  • 022-113 8:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover talked on the telephone from 8:00 pm to 8:01 pm.

Conversation 022-112, April 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193189). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-112 (accessed November 15, 2026).