Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-150

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Jerry V. Wilson

Wednesday, June 23, 1971 · 3:41 PM–3:43 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation005-150 on Tape 5 (tape position 04:30:09–04:31:46)StartWednesday, June 23, 1971 at 3:41 PMEndWednesday, June 23, 1971 at 3:43 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-150 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted Undersecretary of Agriculture J. Phillip Campbell to commend his public defense of D.C. Police Chief Jerry V. Wilson during a recent meeting of Southern agricultural secretaries. The President affirmed his own support for Wilson and emphasized the importance of aggressive advocacy for administration figures. They also discussed positive feedback Nixon received regarding Georgia Democrat Doyle Connors, with the President directing John Whitaker to ensure Connors is considered for future White House functions.

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Mr. President, you called Michael McGreevy.
The number doesn't answer.
I'll keep trying.
I do have Undersecretary Philip Campbell for you.
Yeah.
Go ahead, sir.
Hello?
Mr. President?
You're out in Wisconsin, I understand.
I'm at the Forest Research Laboratory right now looking at all the wonderful things they're doing.
Well, that's great.
I just called to tell you that I'm sitting here doing some of my...
uh general reading and i i uh came across the appearance you made at the meeting of agricultural secretaries in the south and the very effective way you spoke up for chief wilson and i i just want to thank you for it and tell you that we glad to have such a hard-hitting guy on our team well you're mighty kind mr president i hope i was afraid i'd embarrass you instead and not at all do that
No, sir.
You've got to really step up, and as you notice, I've taken exactly the same line myself.
Well, I knew that the Attorney General had, and you had, and this group down there appreciates this very much.
The president of this group, Mr. President, Donald Conner, is a Democrat from Georgia, elected, and he spent five minutes bragging on you.
I've turned this over to John Whitaker.
Good.
So that you would know about it.
Great.
Well, we'll try to get him into something one of these days.
You might tell John when you get back to include him in some White House function sometime.
Yeah, well, he was here on the May Day affair.
Oh, we saw him then.
Good.
And he bragged on this for five minutes.
Great.
Well, we appreciate your hard work out there.
And give those people out there my best, will you?
I sure will.
Bye.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Bye.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On June 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 3:41 pm to 3:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-150 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 5-150

Date: June 23, 1971
Time: 3:41 pm - 3:43 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 258-51]
     Call to Michael McGreevey

The President talked with J. Phillip Campbell.

     Campbell's schedule

     Campbell's defense of D.C. Police Chief Jerry V. Wilson at Southern Agriculture
         Secretaries meeting
         -President's and John N. Mitchell's defense of Wilson

     Doyle Connors’ comments regarding President
          -John C. Whitaker

Also recorded on June 23, 1971

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  • 258-049 3:36 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 3:36 pm.
  • 258-050 3:36 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:36 pm and 3:41 pm.
  • 005-151 3:43 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 3:48 pm.
  • 258-051 3:43 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Philip Campbell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 3:48 pm.
  • 258-052 3:43 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 3:48 pm.
  • 005-152 3:48 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:48 pm to 3:49 pm.
  • 258-053 3:48 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:48 pm to 3:49 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 005-150, June 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-150 (accessed October 5, 2026).