Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-114

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Wednesday, April 12, 1972 · 7:58 AM–8:02 AM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-114 on Tape 22 (tape position 04:33:26–04:33:39)StartWednesday, April 12, 1972 at 7:58 AMEndWednesday, April 12, 1972 at 8:02 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-114 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Anne Mansfield. He specifically directed the operator to reach her at a telephone number associated with a senator’s residence. The conversation served solely as an administrative request to facilitate this communication.

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Could you get Ms. Mansfield, Ann Mansfield, she's at the Senator's home, FEE 1124.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On April 12, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-114 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-114

Date: April 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:58 am and 8:02 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 707-1]

     Request for call to Anne Mansfield
         -Location
         -Phone number

Also recorded on April 12, 1972

  • 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.
  • 707-004 8:05 AM · 2 min — Stephen B. Bull and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:05 am and 10:14 am.
  • 707-005 10:14 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:14 am to 10:26 am.
  • 707-006 10:26 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:32 am.
  • 707-007 10:26 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:32 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-114, 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/022-114 (accessed October 1, 2026).