Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 33 › Conversation 033-021
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Robert Hirsch
Saturday, November 4, 1972 · 10:20 AM–10:28 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Robert Hirsch. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to facilitate communication with Hirsch. No further substantive policy or political discussions were recorded during this connection.
- White House operations
- Robert Hirsch
- Communications
- Logistics
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NARA Description
On November 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 10:28 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 33-21
Date: November 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:20 am and 10:28 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 389-11L]
Request for a call to Robert HirschAlso recorded on November 4, 1972
- 033-016 10:09 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Wesley Powell, and Beverly Powell talked on the telephone from 10:09 am to 10:13 am.
- 033-017 10:13 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:13 am and 10:14 am.
- 033-018 10:13 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, J. Caleb Boggs, and Pierre S. DuPont talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:13 am and 10:14 am.
- 033-019 10:14 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and S. Fletcher Thompson talked on the telephone from 10:14 am to 10:16 am.
- 033-020 10:17 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. MacIver talked on the telephone from 10:17 am to 10:19 am.
- 033-022 10:20 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert Hirsch talked on the telephone from 10:20 am to 10:28 am.
- 033-023 10:28 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and James A. McClure talked on the telephone from 10:28 am to 10:29 am.
- 033-024 10:30 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Margaret Chase Smith talked on the telephone from 10:30 am to 10:33 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 033-021, November 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-021 (accessed October 10, 2026).