Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-136
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John K. Andrews Jr.
Wednesday, May 3, 1972 · 2:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
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On May 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-136 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-136
Date: May 3, 1972
Time: 2:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 335-12]
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-John K. Andrews, Jr.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on May 3, 1972
- 335-012 2:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:30 pm.
- 335-013 2:30 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:30 pm.
- 335-014 2:30 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 2:40 pm.
- 335-015 2:40 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 2:41 pm.
- 335-016 2:41 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:41 pm to 2:49 pm.
- 023-137 2:48 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 2:48 pm to 2:49 pm.
- 335-017 2:50 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard G. Kleindienst, L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III, unknown person(s), John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 3:35 pm.
- 023-138 2:53 PM · 2 min — John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and 3:10 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-136, May 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193557). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-136 (accessed November 2, 2026).