Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-121
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William D. Lukash
Saturday, April 17, 1971 · 8:54 AM–8:56 AM ET · White House Telephone · 2 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Dr. William D. Lukash. This communication serves as an administrative effort to establish a direct line with the President's personal physician. No substantive policy discussions occur during this short exchange, as it is limited to the operator connecting the requested party.
- William D. Lukash
- Presidential communication
- White House operations
- Administrative task
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NARA Description
On April 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:54 am and 8:56 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-121 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 1-121
Date: April 17,1971
Time: Unknown between 8:54 am and 8:56 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 481-1]
Call to Dr. William D. LuKashAlso recorded on April 17, 1971
- 481-001 8:54 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:54 am and 8:56 am.
- 001-122 8:56 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William M. Lukash talked on the telephone from 8:56 am to 8:57 am.
- 481-002 8:56 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William M. Lukash met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:56 am to 8:57 am.
- 481-003 8:56 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:56 am to 9:13 am.
- 481-004 9:15 AM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:15 am to 9:34 am.
- 053-002 9:34 AM · 1 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter G. Peterson, George P. Shultz, John B. Connally, Maurice H. Stans, David M. Kennedy, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, and U. Alexis Johnson met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:34 am and 10:45 am.
- 481-009 9:34 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:34 am to 3:30 pm.
- 001-123 10:45 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, J. Edgar Hoover, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 10:45 am to 10:52 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 001-121, April 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-121 (accessed October 12, 2026).