Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-185
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller
Friday, May 28, 1971 · 6:50 PM–8:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec
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On May 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 8:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-185 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 003-185
Date: May 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:50 pm and 8:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
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- 003-183 5:45 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:45 pm and 5:51 pm.
- 003-184 5:51 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:51 pm to 5:52 pm.
- 506-014 6:50 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 003-186 8:11 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 8:11 pm to 8:12 pm.
- 003-187 8:12 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:12 pm and 8:13 pm.
- 003-188 8:13 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:13 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 003-185, May 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188607). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-185 (accessed November 11, 2026).