Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 259 › Conversation 259-003

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Steve Bowles

Monday, June 28, 1971 · 1:40 PM–2:47 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation259-003 on Tape 259 (tape position 00:04:24–00:04:37)StartMonday, June 28, 1971 at 1:40 PMEndMonday, June 28, 1971 at 2:47 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 259-003 ↗

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On June 28, 1971, 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 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 259-003 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 259-3

Date: June 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator

[See Conversation No. 6-1]

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Steve Bowles, please.
  • 259-001 1:40 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 259-002 1:40 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 531-001 1:40 PM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 4:32 pm.
  • 006-002 2:47 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:47 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 259-004 2:47 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:47 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 006-003 2:48 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:48 pm.
  • 259-005 2:48 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:48 pm.
  • 006-004 2:49 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:49 pm to 2:50 pm.

Conversation 259-003, June 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/259-003 (accessed November 12, 2026).