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Conversation 003-158

TapeTape 3StartThursday, May 27, 1971 at 8:20 PMEndThursday, May 27, 1971 at 9:05 PMTape start time03:47:38Tape end time03:48:01ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorRecording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place two urgent telephone calls to high-profile figures. He requested contact with Leonard Goldenson, the head of ABC, followed by a separate connection to Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle, the Archbishop of Washington. The brief exchange served purely as a request for administrative assistance in facilitating these communications.

Leonard GoldensonPatrick Cardinal O'BoyleABCArchbishop of WashingtonWhite House communications
AudioNARA Description

On May 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:20 pm and 9:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-158 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 3-158

Date: May 27, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:20 pm and 9:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Calls to Leonard H. Goldenson and Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Would you try to get for me Mr. Leonard Goldenson of ABC in New York, please?
Yes, sir.
And then another call to get Cardinal O'Boyle in Washington.
Yes, sir.
Archbishop of Washington, please.
Yes, sir.
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