Nixon White House TapesTape 6 › Conversation 006-200

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Switchboard

Friday, July 2, 1971 · 7:15 PM–7:20 AM ET · White House Telephone · 2 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]; White House operatorConversation006-200 on Tape 6 (tape position 02:24:00–02:24:03)StartFriday, July 2, 1971 at 7:15 PMEndSaturday, July 3, 1971 at 7:20 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-200 ↗

An unidentified caller reached out to the White House operator during the evening of July 2 or early morning of July 3, 1971. The interaction appears to be a procedural exchange typical of the White House switchboard operations. No substantive policy discussions or presidential actions are documented in this specific recording.

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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 006-200 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 6-200

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 operator

                                                               Conversation
                                                               Conv. No. 6-113
                                                                            No.(cont.)
                                                                                6-114

Date: July 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:20 am and 7:58 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 536-2]

     Call to Charles W. Colson
  • 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.
  • 006-199 7:15 PM · 6 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.

Conversation 006-200, 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/006-200 (accessed September 21, 2026).