Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-199
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator
Friday, July 2, 1971 · 7:15 PM–7:20 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
An unidentified caller attempted to contact the White House operator during the evening hours of July 2 or early morning of July 3, 1971. The brief interaction focused on the caller's request to be connected to the President. Because the recording consists only of this initial administrative contact without further conversation or connection, no substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed.
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NARA Description
Unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 7:15 pm on July 2, 1971 and 7:20 am on July 3, 1971. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-199 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 6-199
Date: Unknown between July 2 and July 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:15 pm, July 2 and 7:20 am, July 3
Location: White House Telephone
Unknown person called the White House operator.
White House operatorAlso recorded on July 2, 1971
- 260-024 6:32 PM · 2 min — 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 6:32 pm and 6:36 pm.
- 260-025 6:35 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Rose Mary Woods, and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:35 pm to 6:47 pm.
- 006-109 6:36 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. talked on the telephone from 6:36 pm to 6:37 pm.
- 006-110 6:50 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:05 pm.
- 006-111 7:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:05 pm to 7:08 pm.
- 006-112 7:08 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:08 pm and 7:13 pm.
- 006-113 7:13 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:13 pm to 7:14 pm.
- 006-200 7:15 PM · 2 sec — Unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 7:15 pm on July 2, 1971 and 7:20 am on July 3, 1971.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 006-199, July 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-199 (accessed October 1, 2026).