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
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate direct communication between the President and the head of the Bureau. No further substantive discussion occurred during this connection.
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NARA Description
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.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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 HooverAlso recorded on April 12, 1972
- 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.
- 098-001 12:00 AM · 2 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Republic Congressional leaders, including Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Margaret Chase Smith, Norris Cotton, Peter H. Dominick, Gordon L. Allott, George D. Aiken, John G. Tower, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, Richard H. Poff, John B. Anderson, John J. Rhodes, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Samuel L. Devine, Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, William E. Minshall, Robert J. Dole, Henry A. Kissinger, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, Patrick J. Buchanan, Noel C. Koch, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 11:59 pm.
- 022-114 7:58 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:58 am and 8:02 am.
- 707-001 7:58 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:58 am and 8:02 am.
- 022-115 8:02 AM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Anne Manfield talked on the telephone from 8:02 am to 8:03 am.
- 707-002 8:02 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Anne Manfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:02 am to 8:03 am.
- 707-003 8:03 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:05 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 022-112, April 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-112 (accessed October 1, 2026).