Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-015
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on J. Edgar Hoover and FBI
Tuesday, June 1, 1971 · 10:20 PM–10:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
An 8-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 June 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 pm and 10:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 4-15
Date: June 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:20 pm and 10:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Asked to speak to J. Edgar HooverTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on June 1, 1971
- 004-011 10:09 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 10:09 pm to 10:10 pm.
- 004-012 10:10 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 10:10 pm to 10:16 pm.
- 004-013 10:16 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 10:16 pm to 10:17 pm.
- 004-014 10:17 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 10:17 pm to 10:20 pm.
- 004-016 10:20 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 pm and 10:23 pm.
- 004-017 10:23 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover talked on the telephone from 10:23 pm to 10:29 pm.
- 004-018 10:30 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 10:30 pm to 10:34 pm.
- 004-019 10:34 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 10:34 pm on June 1, 1971 and 2:47 pm on June 3, 1971.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 004-015, June 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188699). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-015 (accessed November 2, 2026).