Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-060
Nixon phone call with Klein on Public Relations and Business Media
Tuesday, May 18, 1971 · 6:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with White House Director of Communications Herbert G. Klein to review the outcomes of a recent meeting with business magazine editors. Following their assessment of the media engagement, the President requested that the operator connect him to First Lady Pat Nixon. The discussion served as a brief administrative coordination regarding public relations and personal communication.
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NARA Description
On May 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Herbert G. Klein talked on the telephone at 6:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-060 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 003-060
Date: May 18, 1971
Time: 6:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 500-030A]
The President conferred with Herbert G. Klein.
Previous meeting with business magazine editors
-Results
[End of conferral]
Call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) NixonAlso recorded on May 18, 1971
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 003-060, May 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-060 (accessed October 12, 2026).