Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-048

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Adele Rogers

Monday, June 7, 1971 · 9:34 AM–10:22 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation004-048 on Tape 4 (tape position 02:23:36–02:23:44)StartMonday, June 7, 1971 at 9:34 AMEndMonday, June 7, 1971 at 10:22 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 004-048 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to Adele Rogers, the wife of Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The communication served as a brief administrative request to facilitate the connection. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief operator-assisted exchange.

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Yes, please.
Mrs. Rogers, please, wife of the Secretary of State.
Thank you, Mr. President.

On June 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:34 am and 10:22 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-048 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 4-48

Date: June 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:34 am and 10:22 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     President asked to speak with wife of Secretary of State William P. Rogers
  • 059-004 9:34 AM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Executive Board of Directors of National Association of Home Builders, including John A. Stastny, George Martin, Louis Cenker, Nathaniel Rogg, Stanley Waranck, Richard C. Van Dusen, James D. Hodgson, Laurence H. Silberman, White House photographer, Linwood Holton, John D. Ehrlichman, and George W. Romney, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:34 am and 10:13 pm.
  • 004-049 10:22 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:22 am.
  • 004-050 10:24 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Frank E. Fitzsimmons talked on the telephone from 10:24 am to 10:40 am.
  • 004-051 10:29 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:29 am and 10:40 am.
  • 004-052 10:40 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Adele (Langston) Rogers talked on the telephone from 10:40 am to 10:42 am.
  • 004-053 10:42 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:42 am and 2:40 pm.
  • 511-002 11:05 AM · 54 sec — met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:05 am and 11:49 am.
  • 511-003 11:49 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 11:55 am.

Conversation 004-048, June 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-048 (accessed October 12, 2026).