Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-144
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Robert A. Taft Jr.
Wednesday, May 3, 1972 · 3:53 PM–3:56 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to the White House operator to request a connection with Senator Robert A. Taft, Jr. The interaction serves exclusively as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Senator. No further substantive discussion occurs during this exchange.
- Robert A. Taft Jr.
- Telephone communication
- White House operations
- Presidential scheduling
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NARA Description
On May 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:53 pm and 3:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-144 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-144
Date: May 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:53 and 3:56 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 335-23A]
Request for a call to Robert A. Taft, Jr.Also recorded on May 3, 1972
- 023-141 3:48 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:48 pm.
- 023-142 3:48 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 3:49 pm.
- 335-020 3:48 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:48 pm.
- 335-021 3:48 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 3:49 pm.
- 023-143 3:49 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Warren E. Burger talked on the telephone from 3:49 pm to 3:53 pm.
- 335-022 3:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Warren E. Burger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 3:53 pm.
- 335-023 3:53 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:53 pm and 4:34 pm.
- 023-145 3:56 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:56 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-144, 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/023-144 (accessed October 10, 2026).