Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-018

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Telephone operations

Friday, June 11, 1971 · 11:27 PM–10:16 AM ET · White House Telephone · 4 min

Participants[Unknown person(s)]; White House operatorConversation005-018 on Tape 5 (tape position 00:25:53–00:26:45)StartFriday, June 11, 1971 at 11:27 PMEndSaturday, June 12, 1971 at 10:16 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-018 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures a brief exchange between an unidentified woman and the White House operator. The conversation concludes with the caller offering a polite acknowledgment, but the substance of the call remains effectively nonexistent due to the brevity of the audio. No policy decisions, political developments, or administrative actions occurred during this brief interaction.

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Thank you for your time tonight

NARA Description

Unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 11:27 pm on June 11, 1971 and 10:16 am on June 12, 1971. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 5-18

Date: Unknown between June 11 and June 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:27 pm, June 11 and 10:16 am, June 12, 1971
Location: White House Telephone

An unknown woman talked with the White House operator.

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Also recorded on June 12, 1971

  • 005-016 10:58 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:58 pm and 11:24 pm.
  • 005-017 11:24 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 11:24 pm to 11:27 pm.
  • 005-019 10:16 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 11:17 am.
  • 518-004 10:16 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 11:17 am.
  • 518-001 10:20 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:20 am to 10:23 am.
  • 518-002 10:23 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:23 am to 10:25 am.
  • 518-003 10:32 AM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:32 am to 11:11 am.
  • 005-020 11:17 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 11:17 am to 11:19 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 005-018, June 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-018 (accessed October 12, 2026).