Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-028
Nixon phone call with Pastore on Energy policy and Bipartisanship
Friday, June 4, 1971 · 11:42 AM–11:43 AM ET · White House Telephone · 55 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon called Senator John O. Pastore to inform him that his energy message had been submitted to Congress and to ensure the administration's public messaging highlighted the bipartisan nature of the effort. Nixon specifically credited Pastore, Chet Holifield, and Craig Hosmer for their crucial contributions to the policy's development. In response, Pastore pledged to deliver supportive remarks on the Senate floor to underscore this cooperative legislative approach.
- Energy policy
- Bipartisanship
- Congress
- John O. Pastore
- Legislative strategy
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NARA Description
On June 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John O. Pastore talked on the telephone from 11:42 am to 11:43 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 4-28
Date: June 4, 1971
Time: 11:42 am - 11:43 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Senator John O. Pastore.
[See Conversation No. 512-12A]
President's energy message sent to Congress
President's instructions to Ronald L. Ziegler
-Bipartisanship nature of energy effect
-Chet Holifield, Craig Hosmer
Pastore's forthcoming Senate remarksTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on June 4, 1971
- 004-026 11:14 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:14 am.
- 512-009 11:17 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:17 am.
- 512-010 11:17 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:17 am to 11:18 am.
- 004-027 11:18 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Craig Homer talked on the telephone from 11:18 am to 11:20 am.
- 512-011 11:18 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Craig Hosmer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:18 am to 11:20 am.
- 512-012 11:20 AM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, and John O. Pastore met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:20 am to 12:09 pm.
- 004-029 11:43 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:43 am and 2:24 pm.
- 512-013 12:09 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Herbert G. Klein, Stephen B. Bull, Henry Kearns, Rosemary Mazon, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:09 pm to 12:13 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 004-028, June 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188723). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-028 (accessed November 11, 2026).