Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-013

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House administration

Thursday, September 21, 1972 · 2:16 PM–3:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation030-013 on Tape 30StartThursday, September 21, 1972 at 2:16 PMEndThursday, September 21, 1972 at 3:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 030-013 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call, but ultimately canceled the request. After briefly interacting with the switchboard staff, the President decided not to proceed with his intended communication to Stephen B. Bull. No substantive policy matters or further actions resulted from this brief administrative exchange.

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Stay below, please.
Thank you.
Operator?
Yes, sir.
No, you can let that go.

NARA Description

On September 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:16 pm and 3:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 30-13

Date: September 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:16 pm and 3:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 357-7A]

       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

Also recorded on September 21, 1972

  • 784-020 12:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert R. Casey, John E. Nidecker, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:23 pm to 12:25 pm.
  • 784-021 12:25 PM · 1 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 2:01 pm.
  • 784-022 2:13 PM · 43 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:13 pm on September 21, 1972 and 8:49 am on September 22, 1972.
  • 357-007 2:16 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:16 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 357-008 2:16 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:16 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 357-009 2:16 PM · 3 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 2:16 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 357-010 2:16 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:16 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 357-011 3:15 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 5:02 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 030-013, September 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-013 (accessed October 1, 2026).