Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-008

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Clark MacGregor

Monday, June 28, 1971 · 6:45 PM–6:47 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-008 on Tape 6 (tape position 00:04:58–00:05:04)StartMonday, June 28, 1971 at 6:45 PMEndMonday, June 28, 1971 at 6:47 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-008 ↗

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Congressman Clark MacGregor. The exchange serves as a functional request to connect the President with his legislative liaison. No substantive political or policy discussions occur during this short administrative interaction.

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Congressman McGregor please.
Thank you sir.

On June 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 6:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-008 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 6-8

Date: June 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:45 pm and 6:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 531-20]

     Call to Clark MacGregor
  • 531-020 6:45 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 6:47 pm.
  • 531-021 6:46 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:46 pm.
  • 006-009 6:47 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 6:47 pm to 6:50 pm.
  • 531-022 6:47 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:47 pm.
  • 531-023 6:47 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:47 pm to 6:50 pm.
  • 531-024 6:50 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Alexander P. Butterfield, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Rex W. Scouten met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:50 pm to 7:25 pm.
  • 006-010 7:08 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:08 pm and 7:12 pm.
  • 006-011 7:12 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rex W. Scouten talked on the telephone from 7:12 pm to 7:13 pm.

Conversation 006-008, June 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-008 (accessed October 5, 2026).