Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-132
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John D. Ehrlichman
Monday, May 15, 1972 · 10:15 PM–11:07 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent connection with John D. Ehrlichman. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was to secure a direct line to his top domestic policy advisor for an immediate consultation. No further discussion or substantive policy developments occurred during this brief exchange.
Audio
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NARA Description
On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:15 pm and 11:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-132 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-132
Date: May 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:15 pm and 11:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to John D. EhrlichmanAlso recorded on May 16, 1972
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- 339-018 9:40 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William M. Lukash met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:40 pm to 9:43 pm.
- 024-130 9:44 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ann Duggan talked on the telephone from 9:44 pm to 9:45 pm.
- 339-019 9:44 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ann Duggan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:44 pm to 9:45 pm.
- 339-020 9:45 PM · 5 min — 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 9:45 pm and 9:48 pm.
- 724-009 9:48 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:48 pm and 10:15 pm.
- 024-131 10:15 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:15 pm and 11:07 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-132, May 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-132 (accessed October 9, 2026).