Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-022

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on George Meany and AFL-CIO

Wednesday, May 12, 1971 · 4:24 PM–4:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation003-022 on Tape 3 (tape position 00:25:01–00:25:11)StartWednesday, May 12, 1971 at 4:24 PMEndWednesday, May 12, 1971 at 4:30 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 003-022 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417188291 ↗

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NARA Description

On May 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 003-022

Date: May 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:24 pm and 4:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to George Meany
           -Location

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Please.

George Meany, please.

Thank you.

He's in Atlanta, Georgia.

All right, sir.

Thank you.

Also recorded on May 12, 1971

003-017 4:10 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:17 pm.
003-018 4:17 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:17 pm.
003-019 4:17 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:17 pm and 4:24 pm.
003-020 4:24 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:24 pm.
003-021 4:24 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:30 pm.
499-001 4:29 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, David M. Kennedy, and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:29 pm and 5:27 pm.
003-023 4:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone from 4:30 pm to 4:32 pm.
003-024 4:32 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 5:28 pm.

All 37 conversations from May 12, 1971 →

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Nixon phone call with Haldeman on AFL-CIO and George Meany November 17, 1971 · 4 min
Haldeman & Shultz on George Meany and AFL-CIO November 18, 1971 · 2 min
Nixon phone call with Colson on AFL-CIO and George Meany November 18, 1971 · 14 min
Nixon phone call with Connally on AFL-CIO and George Meany November 20, 1971 · 3 min

Cite this conversation

Conversation 003-022, May 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188291). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-022 (accessed November 1, 2026).