Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-108

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Lyndon B. Johnson

Tuesday, May 2, 1972 · 11:04 AM ET · White House Telephone · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation023-108 on Tape 23StartTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 11:04 AMEndTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 11:04 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-108 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193501 ↗

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NARA Description

On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:04 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-108 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-108

Date: May 2, 1972
Time: 11:04 am
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 717-5]

     Lyndon B. Johnson's schedule
         -The President's schedule
               -Rose Mary Woods

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Mr. President, President Johnson is out of the house, but he should be back in five or six minutes.
Did he call you back?
Put the call through when he gets back.
Yes, sir.
Maybe if I am out, put it through to Miss Woods.
Yes, sir.
You got it?
Yes.
Yeah, fine.

Also recorded on May 2, 1972

  • 023-105 10:55 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 10:57 am.
  • 717-002 10:55 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 10:57 am.
  • 023-106 10:57 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 10:57 am to 10:58 am.
  • 717-003 10:57 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:57 am to 10:58 am.
  • 717-004 10:58 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:04 am.
  • 717-005 11:04 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:04 am.
  • 717-006 11:04 AM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 11:10 am.
  • 717-007 11:10 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:10 am to 11:11 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-108, May 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193501). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-108 (accessed October 29, 2026).