Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-095

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Lucy A. Winchester

Wednesday, June 16, 1971 · 7:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation005-095 on Tape 5 (tape position 02:51:42–02:51:48)StartWednesday, June 16, 1971 at 7:46 PMEndWednesday, June 16, 1971 at 7:46 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-095 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him to his personal secretary, Lucy A. Winchester. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to facilitate direct communication with his staff. No substantive policy matters or further developments were addressed during this short connection attempt.

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Did you get me Lucy Winchester, please?

NARA Description

On June 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-095 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 5-95

Date: June 16, 1971
Time: 7:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Lucy A. Winchester

Also recorded on June 16, 1971

  • 005-094 5:10 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:10 pm to 5:11 pm.
  • 523-006 5:16 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, Lawrence M. Higby, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:16 pm to 6:05 pm.
  • 523-007 6:05 PM · 2 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on June 16, 1971 and 7:55 am on June 17, 1971.
  • 005-096 7:47 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:47 pm.
  • 005-097 7:48 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 7:48 pm to 7:56 pm.
  • 005-098 7:56 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:56 pm.
  • 005-099 7:57 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone at 7:57 pm.
  • 005-100 7:58 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 7:58 pm to 8:22 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 005-095, June 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-095 (accessed October 12, 2026).