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
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact John K. Andrews, Jr. regarding an immediate meeting. He requested that Andrews be directed to his office in the Executive Office Building. No further details regarding the substance of the meeting were discussed during this brief administrative request.
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NARA Description
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]
Meeting
-John K. Andrews, Jr.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 · 14 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 · 9 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 · 19 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-136, May 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-136 (accessed September 18, 2026).