Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-022

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John F. Griner

Thursday, September 21, 1972 · 8:15 PM–8:22 PM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation030-022 on Tape 30StartThursday, September 21, 1972 at 8:15 PMEndThursday, September 21, 1972 at 8:22 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 030-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to John F. Griner, the head of the American Federation of Government Employees. The request was intended to facilitate direct communication with the union leader, though no further discussion occurred during this brief administrative interaction. The President's primary objective was to establish contact with the labor representative for undisclosed purposes.

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Yes, sir.
Could you get Mr. John Greiner?
He's the head of the Federal Employees Union here in Washington, D.C. Greiner, okay?
All right.

NARA Description

On September 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:15 pm and 8:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 30-22

Date: September 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:15 pm and 8:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for a call to John F. Griner
             -Federal Employees Union
                      -Washington, DC

Also recorded on September 22, 1972

  • 030-021 8:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:04 pm to 8:15 pm.
  • 785-001 8:54 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:54 am to 8:57 am.
  • 785-002 8:58 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:58 am to 9:08 am.
  • 785-003 9:08 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry B. Sturby, Lloyd E. Church, William P. Jacobs, Jr., Roger E. Johnson, William F. Rhatican, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:08 am to 9:15 am.
  • 030-023 9:14 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:14 am.
  • 785-004 9:15 AM · 12 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:15 am and 9:17 am.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 030-022, September 22, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-022 (accessed October 12, 2026).