Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-160

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Leonard Goldenson and ABC

Thursday, May 27, 1971 · 9:07 PM–9:14 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation003-160 on Tape 3 (tape position 03:50:02–03:50:16)StartThursday, May 27, 1971 at 9:07 PMEndThursday, May 27, 1971 at 9:14 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 003-160 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417188557 ↗

A 13-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On May 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:07 pm and 9:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-160 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 003-160

Date: May 27, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:07 pm and 9:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

     Leonard H. Goldenson
         -Location

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Yep.
Mr. President, when you call to Mr. Goldenson, he's in the hospital for a checkup, but he can be reached.
We do have a number.
Who?
Who is this?
Leonard Goldenson of ABC.
Yeah, I'll talk to him there.
All right, I'll get him.
All right.

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  • 504-018 8:27 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John J. McCloy met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:27 pm and 9:00 pm.
  • 003-159 9:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle talked on the telephone from 9:05 pm to 9:07 pm.
  • 003-161 9:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leonard H. Goldenson talked on the telephone from 9:14 pm to 9:16 pm.
  • 003-162 9:16 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:16 pm and 9:28 pm.
  • 003-163 9:16 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:16 pm and 9:22 pm.
  • 003-164 9:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and James Cardinal McIntyre talked on the telephone from 9:28 pm to 9:29 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 003-160, May 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188557). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-160 (accessed November 2, 2026).