Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-069

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Curtis W. Tarr

Tuesday, June 8, 1971 · 9:45 AM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation004-069 on Tape 4 (tape position 02:47:35–02:47:40)StartTuesday, June 8, 1971 at 9:45 AMEndTuesday, June 8, 1971 at 9:45 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 004-069 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to facilitate a conversation with Curtis W. Tarr, the Director of the Selective Service System. The interaction serves as a brief administrative bridge intended to connect the President with personnel involved in draft-related matters. No substantive policy discussions occur during this exchange, as its sole purpose is the establishment of the telephonic connection.

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Curtis Tarr, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On June 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-069 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 4-69

Date: June 8, 1971
Time: 9:45 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 514-7B]

     Call to Curtis W. Tarr

Also recorded on June 8, 1971

  • 514-005 9:40 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 9:43 am.
  • 514-006 9:40 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 9:43 am.
  • 514-007 9:43 AM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dwight L. Chapin, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Curtis W. Tarr, Stephen B. Bull, and Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:43 am to 10:31 am.
  • 004-068 9:44 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin talked on the telephone from 9:44 am to 9:45 am.
  • 004-070 9:45 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Curtis W. Tarr talked on the telephone from 9:45 am to 9:47 am.
  • 004-071 9:47 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:47 am and 1:45 pm.
  • 060-002 10:31 AM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Board of Directors for Amtrak, including John A. Volpe, Roger Lewis, David W. Kendall, Catherine May Bedell, Gen. Frank S. Besson, David E. Bradshaw, John J. Gilhooley, Arthur D. Lewis, Charles Luna, John P. Olsson, William H. Moore, William J. Quinn, John D. Ehrlichman, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Charles Clapp, and Donald B. Rice, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:31 am and 11:59 pm.
  • 514-008 11:06 AM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, George P. Shultz, Milton Friedman, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:06 am to 12:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 004-069, June 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-069 (accessed October 24, 2026).