Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-022

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Edward L. Ryerson

Saturday, June 12, 1971 · 12:14 PM–2:07 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation005-022 on Tape 5 (tape position 00:29:22–00:29:40)StartSaturday, June 12, 1971 at 12:14 PMEndSaturday, June 12, 1971 at 2:07 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Chicago businessman Edward L. Ryerson. The operator informed the President that Ryerson was currently hospitalized following a recent medical operation. Nixon provided the spelling of Ryerson's name to ensure the operator could locate the correct contact information to facilitate the communication.

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Would you get me Mr. Edward Ryerson in Chicago?

He's in a hospital.

I think he's just had an operation.

R-Y-E-R-S-O-N. You probably have his number there.

Thank you very much.

NARA Description

On June 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 2:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 5-22

Date: June 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:14 pm and 2:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 256-28]

     Call to Edward L. Ryerson

Also recorded on June 12, 1971

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.
518-005 11:17 AM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:17 am to 11:19 am.
518-006 11:19 AM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:50 am.
518-007 11:50 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:50 am and 12:12 pm.
518-008 11:50 AM · 1 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Tricia Nixon Cox, Rex W. Scouten, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:50 am and 1:41 pm.
005-021 12:12 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 12:12 pm to 12:14 pm.
256-028 12:14 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 2:07 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 005-022, 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/005-022 (accessed October 12, 2026).