Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-169
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on George Meany and AFL-CIO
Monday, May 8, 1972 · 10:45 AM–10:47 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief administrative request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to AFL-CIO President George Meany. This action suggests a presidential attempt to engage with organized labor leadership during a period of intense domestic and foreign policy challenges. The interaction concluded immediately after the operator acknowledged the request.
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NARA Description
On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:47 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-169 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-169
Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:45 pm and 10:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 336-69M]
Request for a call to George MeanyAlso recorded on May 8, 1972
- 721-006 8:59 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:59 am to 9:06 am.
- 721-007 9:07 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:07 am to 9:08 am.
- 101-001 12:07 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, J. Philip Campbell, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, Clark MacGregor, John A. Scali, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, General Brent G. Scowcroft, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Herbert Stein, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 721-008 12:07 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:13 pm.
- 721-009 12:07 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:13 pm.
- 721-010 12:07 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:13 pm.
- 721-011 12:13 PM · 60 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, John B. Connally, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:13 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 024-002 12:21 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 12:21 pm to 12:22 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-169, May 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-169 (accessed October 9, 2026).