Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-077

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Robert P. Griffin and Senator

Thursday, May 11, 1972 · 11:51 AM–11:56 AM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation024-077 on Tape 24 (tape position 01:26:52–01:26:59)StartThursday, May 11, 1972 at 11:51 AMEndThursday, May 11, 1972 at 11:56 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-077 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to the White House operator to request a connection to Senator Robert P. Griffin. This administrative interaction serves to facilitate a legislative communication between the President and the Senator. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Griffin, Bobby Griffin, Senator.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On May 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:51 am and 11:56 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-077 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-77

Date: May 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:51 am and 11:56 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-41C]

     Request for a call to Robert P. Griffin

Also recorded on May 11, 1972

  • 024-074 11:34 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:34 am to 11:35 am.
  • 338-039 11:34 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:34 am and 11:35 am.
  • 338-040 11:35 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:35 am and 11:43 am.
  • 024-075 11:43 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:43 am and 11:49 am.
  • 338-041 11:43 AM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:43 am to 12:40 pm.
  • 024-076 11:49 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hugh Scott talked on the telephone from 11:49 am to 11:51 am.
  • 024-078 11:56 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert P. Griffin talked on the telephone from 11:56 am to 11:57 am.
  • 338-042 12:04 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:04 pm and 12:51 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-077, May 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-077 (accessed October 9, 2026).