Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-154
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller
Saturday, April 17, 1971 · 2:36 PM–2:51 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec
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On April 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and 2:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-154 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 1-154
Date: April 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:36 pm and 2:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 481-7E]
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Also recorded on April 17, 1971
- 481-007 1:00 PM · 2 hr 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, James D. Hodgson, Jeanne Ehrlichman, Bertha Denny, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 001-127 2:23 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:23 pm and 2:36 pm.
- 001-128 2:26 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 2:51 pm.
- 001-129 2:51 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:51 pm to 2:53 pm.
- 001-130 4:10 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:19 pm.
- 001-131 4:10 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:19 pm.
- 001-132 4:19 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:19 pm to 4:21 pm.
- 001-133 4:21 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 4:21 pm to 4:22 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 001-154, April 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 408404007). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-154 (accessed November 12, 2026).