Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-001

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Hubert H. Humphrey

Thursday, June 10, 1971 · 9:08 AM–2:53 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation005-001 on Tape 5 (tape position 00:00:37–00:00:47)StartThursday, June 10, 1971 at 9:08 AMEndThursday, June 10, 1971 at 2:53 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a phone call to Senator Hubert H. Humphrey through the White House operator. This brief interaction serves as a functional request to connect the President with the former Vice President. The recording documents the standard administrative procedure used to facilitate communication between the President and high-level political figures.

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Hello.
Yes, sir.
Mr.
Senator Humphrey, please.
Thank you.
Yes.

NARA Description

On June 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:08 am and 2:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 5-1

Date: June 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:08 am and 2:53 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[Conversation No. 516-9A]

     Call to Hubert H. Humphrey

Also recorded on June 10, 1971

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  • 257-001 9:10 AM · 1 hr 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 7:35 pm.
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  • 516-003 10:56 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Peter M. Flanigan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:56 am to 11:01 am.
  • 060-003 11:01 AM · 1 hr 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and railroad executives, including Benjamin F. Biaggini, Tom Rice, Jack Fishwick, Graham Claytor, William H. Moore, Hays Watkins, William Johnson, Frank Barnette, Louis Menk, John Reed, Stephen Ailes, John A. Volpe, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Charles Clapp, George Crawford, and Peter M. Flanigan, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 11:59 pm.
  • 516-013 11:01 AM · 27 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 12:21 pm.
  • 060-004 12:21 PM · 7 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 516-004 12:21 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Peter M. Flanigan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:21 pm to 12:23 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 005-001, June 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).