Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 42 › Conversation 042-058

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Leslie C. Arends

Tuesday, April 20, 1971 · 2:38 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation042-058 on Tape 42 (tape position 01:07:27–01:07:35)StartTuesday, April 20, 1971 at 2:38 PMEndTuesday, April 20, 1971 at 2:38 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 042-058 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Leslie C. Arends. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with the House Republican Whip. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.

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Congressman Ahrens, please.
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-058 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 42-58

Date: April 20, 1971
Time: 2:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 251-3]

     Call to Leslie C. Arends

Also recorded on April 20, 1971

  • 042-059 2:38 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 251-003 2:38 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:38 pm.
  • 251-004 2:38 PM · 20 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 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 251-005 2:38 PM · 12 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 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 251-052 2:38 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 042-060 2:39 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:44 pm.
  • 251-006 2:39 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:39 pm to 2:44 pm.
  • 042-061 2:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leslie C. Arends talked on the telephone from 2:45 pm to 2:46 pm.

All 51 conversations from April 20, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 042-058, April 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-058 (accessed October 3, 2026).