Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-165

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers

Friday, May 28, 1971 · 8:47 AM–9:08 AM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation003-165 on Tape 3 (tape position 03:54:49–03:54:55)StartFriday, May 28, 1971 at 8:47 AMEndFriday, May 28, 1971 at 9:08 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 003-165 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417188567 ↗

A 5-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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This clip of the conversation was cut from the tape by the National Archives (catalog record ↗).

On May 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:47 am and 9:08 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-165 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 003-165

Date: May 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:47 am and 9:08 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to William P. Rogers

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 505-015 8:47 AM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:47 am and 9:08 am.
  • 505-016 8:47 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:47 am and 9:08 am.
  • 003-166 9:08 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:08 am to 9:12 am.
  • 505-017 9:08 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:08 am to 9:12 am.
  • 505-018 9:12 AM · 1 hr 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, unknown person(s), J. Edgar Hoover, Ronald L. Ziegler, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Wilbur D. Mills, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:12 am and 11:04 am.
  • 003-167 9:16 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 9:34 am.
  • 003-168 9:16 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 9:34 am.
  • 003-169 9:34 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover talked on the telephone from 9:34 am to 9:43 am.

Conversation 003-165, May 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188567). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-165 (accessed November 2, 2026).