Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-022

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Clark MacGregor

Tuesday, April 18, 1972 · 4:56 PM–5:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation023-022 on Tape 23StartTuesday, April 18, 1972 at 4:56 PMEndTuesday, April 18, 1972 at 5:00 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Clark MacGregor. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to establish a connection with the counselor to the President. No substantive policy discussions took place during this short administrative interaction.

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Yes, please.
McGregor, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On April 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 5:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-22

Date: April 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:56 and 5:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 712-3]

     Request for a call to Clark MacGregor

Also recorded on April 18, 1972

  • 712-002 4:56 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 5:00 pm.
  • 712-003 4:56 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 5:00 pm.
  • 712-004 4:56 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Clark MacGregor, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 5:00 pm.
  • 023-023 5:00 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 5:00 pm to 5:01 pm.
  • 712-005 5:01 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:03 pm.
  • 712-006 5:01 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, Clark MacGregor, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:33 pm.
  • 023-024 5:32 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:33 pm.
  • 712-007 5:32 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:33 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-022, April 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-022 (accessed October 12, 2026).