Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-038
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Roger E. Johnson
Wednesday, May 12, 1971 · 7:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to connect with Roger E. Johnson. The conversation is limited to a direct request for the operator to place the call. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions are recorded during this exchange.
- Roger E. Johnson
- White House operations
- Presidential communications
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NARA Description
On May 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-038 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 003-038
Date: May 12, 1971
Time: 7:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to Roger E. JohnsonAlso recorded on May 12, 1971
- 003-030 5:37 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:37 pm and 5:41 pm.
- 003-032 5:41 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:41 pm to 5:45 pm.
- 003-033 5:45 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills talked on the telephone from 5:45 pm to 5:48 pm.
- 003-034 5:48 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:48 pm and 5:52 pm.
- 003-035 5:52 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:52 pm.
- 003-036 5:52 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:52 pm and 7:10 pm.
- 003-037 7:10 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:10 pm.
- 003-039 7:25 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 7:25 pm on May 12, 1971 and 8:40 am on May 13, 1971.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 003-038, May 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-038 (accessed October 12, 2026).