Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-108

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Presidential gifts

Wednesday, June 9, 1971 · 5:19 PM–5:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 36 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation004-108 on Tape 4 (tape position 04:03:19–04:03:58)StartWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 5:19 PMEndWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 5:30 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 004-108 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a call to the Indian Treaty Room. The purpose of the request is to connect with staff currently located where presidential gifts are being housed or displayed. This interaction serves as a brief logistical instruction regarding the management or presentation of gifts.

Audio

Download MP3 · 0.8 MB

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

Would you ring the Indian Treaty Room where the gifts are, please?
Yes, sir.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On June 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:19 pm and 5:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-108 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 4-108

Date: June 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:19 pm and 5:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Indian Treaty Room

Also recorded on June 9, 1971

  • 004-103 4:50 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald W. Reagan, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 4:50 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 004-104 4:55 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 4:55 pm to 5:00 pm.
  • 004-105 5:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 5:15 pm to 5:18 pm.
  • 004-106 5:18 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:18 pm.
  • 004-107 5:18 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:18 pm to 5:19 pm.
  • 255-041 5:18 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:18 pm to 5:19 pm.
  • 004-109 5:19 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:19 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 255-042 5:25 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Edward R. F. Cox, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:25 pm to 5:30 pm.

All 58 conversations from June 9, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 004-108, June 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-108 (accessed September 27, 2026).