Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-061
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Arthur F. Burns
Friday, April 9, 1971 · 1:35 PM–1:47 PM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him with Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur F. Burns. The operator informed the President that Burns was currently at lunch and that messages were being relayed to him to return the call. Nixon acknowledged this update and prepared to wait for the chairman to reach out.
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NARA Description
On April 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-061 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 1-61
Date: April 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 476-21]
Call to Arthur F. Burns
The operator placed the call on hold at an unknown time.
[No conversation]
Burns’ locationAlso recorded on April 9, 1971
- 001-060 1:35 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 001-062 1:35 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 476-017 1:35 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 476-018 1:35 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 476-019 1:35 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 476-020 1:35 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 476-021 1:35 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 476-022 1:35 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 001-061, April 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-061 (accessed October 12, 2026).