President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an urgent call to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Bureau's leadership. No further substantive details regarding the purpose of the call were captured.
On June 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 pm and 10:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 4-15
Date: June 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:20 pm and 10:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Asked to speak to J. Edgar HooverNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.