Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 2 › Conversation 002-089
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles Chasler
Wednesday, May 5, 1971 · 3:01 PM–3:31 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with a White House operator regarding an incoming call from Dr. Charles Chasler. Due to time constraints or competing priorities, the President declined to take the call at that moment. He subsequently instructed the operator to hold his incoming calls for the time being.
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NARA Description
On May 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-089 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 2-89
Date: May 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:01 pm and 3:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 492-3A]
Call from Dr. Charles ChaslerAlso recorded on May 5, 1971
- 042-087 1:16 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 042-088 1:16 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 042-089 1:16 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 042-090 1:16 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 492-001 3:00 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:01 pm.
- 492-002 3:00 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:01 pm.
- 492-003 3:01 PM · 1 hr 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Peter M. Flanigan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, White House operator, John N. Mitchell, Leslie C. Arends, Gerald R. Ford, Manolo Sanchez, and Lee R. Nunn met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:01 pm to 4:41 pm.
- 492-004 4:41 PM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, John B. Connally, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 5:37 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 002-089, May 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-089 (accessed October 2, 2026).