Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-146

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Nancy Hanks

Wednesday, May 26, 1971 · 7:01 PM–7:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation003-146 on Tape 3 (tape position 03:36:36–03:36:44)StartWednesday, May 26, 1971 at 7:01 PMEndWednesday, May 26, 1971 at 7:10 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 003-146 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Nancy Hanks, the Chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts. The brief exchange serves as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and Hanks regarding arts policy or administration business. No further substantive discussion occurs during this short segment of the telephone recording.

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Miss Nancy Hanks, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On May 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:01 pm and 7:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-146 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 003-146

Date: May 26, 1971

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

Time: Unknown between 7:01 pm and 7:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 253-036]

     Call to Nancy Hanks

Also recorded on May 26, 1971

  • 003-145 6:58 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover talked on the telephone from 6:58 pm to 7:01 pm.
  • 253-035 6:58 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:58 pm to 7:01 pm.
  • 253-036 7:01 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:01 pm and 7:10 pm.
  • 253-037 7:01 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:01 pm and 7:10 pm.
  • 003-147 7:10 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:10 pm.
  • 003-148 7:10 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:10 pm and 7:35 pm.
  • 253-038 7:10 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 7:10 pm.
  • 253-039 7:10 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:10 pm and 7:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 003-146, May 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-146 (accessed October 12, 2026).