Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-042

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Dwight L. Chapin

Thursday, May 13, 1971 · 3:35 PM–3:38 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation003-042 on Tape 3 (tape position 00:54:05–00:54:13)StartThursday, May 13, 1971 at 3:35 PMEndThursday, May 13, 1971 at 3:38 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 003-042 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417188331 ↗

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NARA Description

On May 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-042 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 003-042

Date: May 13, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 498-012]

     Call to Dwight L. Chapin

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Yes, please.
Chapin, please.
Yes, Mr. President.

Also recorded on May 13, 1971

  • 003-043 3:35 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm.
  • 498-012 3:35 PM · 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 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm.
  • 498-013 3:35 PM · 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 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm.
  • 003-044 3:38 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin talked on the telephone from 3:38 pm to 3:39 pm.
  • 498-014 3:38 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:38 pm to 3:39 pm.
  • 498-015 3:40 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, J. Glenn Beall, Jr., White House operator, Clark MacGregor, John D. Ehrlichman, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:40 pm to 4:27 pm.
  • 003-045 3:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Glenn Beall, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:43 pm to 3:44 pm.
  • 003-046 3:46 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at 3:46 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 003-042, May 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188331). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-042 (accessed November 2, 2026).