Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-162

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Billy Graham

Sunday, June 27, 1971 · 7:44 PM–8:13 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation005-162 on Tape 5 (tape position 04:52:17–04:52:26)StartSunday, June 27, 1971 at 7:44 PMEndSunday, June 27, 1971 at 8:13 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-162 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 644218119 ↗

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NARA Description

On June 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:44 pm and 8:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-162 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 5-162

Date: June 27, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:44 pm and 8:13 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 529-12]

     Call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham

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Dr. Billy Graham, please, in San Francisco.
Thank you.

Also recorded on June 27, 1971

  • 005-163 7:44 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:44 pm and 8:13 pm.
  • 529-005 7:44 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:44 pm and 7:52 pm.
  • 529-006 7:44 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:44 pm and 7:52 pm.
  • 529-007 7:53 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:53 pm and 8:02 pm.
  • 529-008 7:53 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:53 pm and 8:02 pm.
  • 529-009 8:02 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:02 pm to 8:05 pm.
  • 529-010 8:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:06 pm to 8:11 pm.
  • 529-011 8:11 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:11 pm and 8:13 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 005-162, June 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 644218119). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-162 (accessed November 2, 2026).