Conversation 022-112

TapeTape 22StartTuesday, April 11, 1972 at 7:54 PMEndTuesday, April 11, 1972 at 8:00 PMTape start time04:31:45Tape end time04:31:52ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorRecording deviceWhite House Telephone

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.

J. Edgar HooverFBIPresidential communicationWhite House operations

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.