Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-004

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Press conference

Tuesday, June 1, 1971 · 6:28 PM–8:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation004-004 on Tape 4 (tape position 00:09:26–00:09:47)StartTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 6:28 PMEndTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 8:30 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 004-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to implement a strict hold on all incoming telephone calls beginning at 9:00 p.m. The President sought to eliminate interruptions to ensure his focus following an upcoming press conference and subsequent private obligations. This request established a temporary window of privacy for the President's evening activities.

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Yes, please.
Operator, would you hold all of my calls, please, after 9 o'clock tonight?
Hold them after 9?
Yeah.
I'm having a press conference, and then after that I have some other things I have to do.
All right, thank you, sir.
I don't want any interruptions.
You'll be glad to, Mr. President.
All right.

NARA Description

On June 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:28 pm and 8:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 4-4

Date: June 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:28 pm and 8:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 256-24]

     Instructions to operator
           -Forthcoming press conference

Also recorded on June 1, 1971

  • 004-002 4:19 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:19 pm to 4:21 pm.
  • 256-022 6:16 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:16 pm to 6:17 pm.
  • 004-003 6:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 6:28 pm to 6:30 pm.
  • 256-023 6:28 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:28 pm to 6:30 pm.
  • 256-024 6:28 PM · 44 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 6:28 pm and 8:30 pm.
  • 256-025 6:28 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:28 pm and 7:35 pm.
  • 256-026 6:28 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:28 pm and 7:35 pm.
  • 256-027 6:28 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:28 pm and 7:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 004-004, June 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-004 (accessed October 10, 2026).