Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 1 › Conversation 001-005

Nixon, Ehrlichman & Butterfield on Clifford M. Hardin

Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 12:10 AM–12:14 AM ET · White House Telephone ·6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Ehrlichman, John D.;  Butterfield, Alexander P.;  White House operatorConversation001-005 onTape 1 (tape position 00:10:33–00:10:41)StartTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 12:10 AMEndTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 12:14 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 001-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon, assisted by John D. Ehrlichman and Alexander P. Butterfield, initiated a telephone call to Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin. The primary purpose of the contact was to facilitate direct communication with the Secretary. No further substantive policy discussions were captured in this brief exchange.

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Yeah, he's nice, just the role that he probably has not.
Secretary Hardin, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:10 am and 12:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 1-5

Date: April 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:10 pm and 12:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President conferred with John D. Ehrlichman and Alexander P. Butterfield.

     Instructions

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and
12:14 pm.

[See Conversation No. 475-4A]

     Call to Clifford M. Hardin

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 001-005, 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/001-005 (accessed September 18, 2026).