Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-011

Nixon phone call with Scouten on Chowder and Marching Society

Monday, June 28, 1971 · 7:12 PM–7:13 PM ET · White House Telephone · 38 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Scouten, Rex W.Conversation006-011 on Tape 6 (tape position 00:08:01–00:08:40)StartMonday, June 28, 1971 at 7:12 PMEndMonday, June 28, 1971 at 7:13 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with White House Chief Usher Rex W. Scouten regarding hospitality arrangements for a gathering of the Chowder and Marching Society in the East Room. The President explicitly requested that guests be served ample drinks immediately upon arrival to ensure the group was well-supplied before his scheduled appearance at 8:00 p.m. Scouten acknowledged the directive and confirmed that the staff would manage the refreshments accordingly.

  • Chowder and Marching Society
  • White House hospitality
  • Rex W. Scouten
  • event planning
  • East Room

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I want to be sure that group today is when they come in are brought up immediately and be sure that you serve them drinks, don't you, at the beginning or not?
The group, the...
The chartered marching group.
Yes, sir.
Do you serve them drinks before they go into the...
You serve them in the big room?
Just as they come into the East Room, they're served just as they come in.
Yeah.
Well, give them basically sort of double drinks as they come in because I want them to be sure to have a drink before we get in.
Fine.
We'll be down about 8 p.m., but that's the kind of a group that likes to drink a lot.
Fine.
Okay.
We'll take care of them.
Fine.

NARA Description

On June 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rex W. Scouten talked on the telephone from 7:12 pm to 7:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-11

Date: June 28, 1971
Time: 7:12 pm - 7:13 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Rex W. Scouten.

[See Conversation No. 531-24B]

     Refreshments for Chowder and Marching Society
          -East Room

Also recorded on June 28, 1971

  • 006-008 6:45 PM · 6 sec — 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.
  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-011, 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/006-011 (accessed October 12, 2026).