Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-002
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Communication logistics
Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 11:51 AM–11:53 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
AI Summary
An unknown caller contacts the White House operator to establish a connection with an individual identified as Vic. The brief exchange serves as a logistical attempt to coordinate a return phone call. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions are discussed.
- Communication logistics
- White House operations
- Telephone record
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NARA Description
On April 6, 1971, unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:51 am and 11:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 1-2
Date: April 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:51 am and 11:53 am
Location: White House Telephone
An unknown man talked with the White House operator.
Request for call backAlso recorded on April 6, 1971
- 042-020 11:37 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:37 am and 1:50 pm.
- 001-001 11:51 AM · 11 sec — United States Secret Service agents and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:51 am and 11:53 am.
- 001-003 11:53 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 12:10 pm.
- 001-004 11:53 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 12:10 pm.
- 475-001 11:53 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 11:55 am.
- 475-002 11:53 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 11:55 am.
- 475-003 11:53 AM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 11:55 am.
- 475-004 11:55 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Edward L. Morgan, Dana G. Mead, James McLane, John Gartland, John F. Evans, Jr., Edwin L. Harper, Raymond J. Waldeman, William F. Rhatican, Donald B. Rice, Donald E. Crabill, David Page, Roger Adkins, Richard P. Nathan, William Robinson, James Blum, Harry S. Havens and William Hamm, Wilfred H. Rommel, C. William Fischer, Naomi Sweeney, Richard K. Cook, John Russell Deane, III, Bill Fuller, Murray L. Weidenbaum, Robert Joss, William H. Johnson, Richard W. Velde, Jerry Copf, Charles J. Orlebeck, Henry Ahlgren, William W. Blunt, John P. Olsson, Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr., Christopher T. Cross, John R. Ottina, Ned Granlich, Larry Thompson, White House photographer, Peter Michel, Rainer Barzel, Rolf Pauls, and William Hamm met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 001-002, April 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).