Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-049

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Thomas H. Moorer

Tuesday, May 9, 1972 · 11:53 AM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation024-049 on Tape 24 (tape position 01:05:24–01:05:39)StartTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 11:53 AMEndTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 11:53 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-049 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place calls to Admiral Thomas H. Moorer and Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Rush. He explicitly directed the operator to reach them only if they were available, stipulating that they should not be pulled out of ongoing meetings. This brief interaction served as a logistical coordination effort to facilitate high-level consultations regarding ongoing policy matters.

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Admiral Moore and also Mr.
Rush, I want to speak to them both, but don't take them out of meetings.
Right, sir.

NARA Description

On May 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-049 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-49

Date: May 9, 1972
Time: 11:53 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-20]

     Calls to Thomas H. Moorer and [David] Kenneth Rush

Also recorded on May 9, 1972

  • 338-018 11:42 AM · 40 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 11:42 am and 11:50 am.
  • 024-048 11:50 AM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:50 am.
  • 338-019 11:50 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 11:50 am.
  • 024-050 11:53 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and [David] Kenneth Rush talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 11:56 am.
  • 338-020 11:53 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 11:53 am.
  • 338-021 11:53 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and [David] Kenneth Rush met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 11:56 am.
  • 024-051 11:56 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:56 am and 12:05 pm.
  • 338-022 11:56 AM · 47 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 11:56 am and 12:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-049, May 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-049 (accessed October 22, 2026).