Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-121
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Helen Gandy
Tuesday, May 2, 1972 · 6:03 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to Helen Gandy, the longtime personal secretary to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. This contact reflects the President's effort to reach Gandy directly following the recent death of Hoover. No substantive policy matters are discussed as the conversation is limited to the procedural request to connect the call.
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NARA Description
On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-121 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-121
Date: May 2, 1972
Time: 6:03 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 334-36J]
Request for a call to Helen GandyAlso recorded on May 2, 1972
- 023-114 4:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:49 pm to 4:51 pm.
- 023-115 4:51 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:51 pm and 4:57 pm.
- 023-116 4:57 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:57 pm to 4:58 pm.
- 023-117 4:58 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:58 pm and 5:26 pm.
- 023-118 5:26 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Clyde A. Tolson talked on the telephone from 5:26 pm to 5:27 pm.
- 023-119 5:30 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:35 pm.
- 023-120 5:35 PM · 3 min — John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:35 pm to 5:37 pm.
- 023-122 6:06 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Helen Gandy talked on the telephone from 6:06 pm to 6:07 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-121, May 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-121 (accessed October 9, 2026).