Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-014
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Patrick J. Buchanan
Tuesday, June 29, 1971 · 8:45 AM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a follow-up telephone call to Patrick J. Buchanan. This brief exchange served as a logistical coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and his advisor. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief request for the operator's assistance.
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NARA Description
On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 6-14
Date: June 29, 1971
Time: 8:45 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 530-3B]
Call to Patrick J. BuchananAlso recorded on June 29, 1971
- 006-012 8:32 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 8:42 am.
- 530-002 8:32 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 8:42 am.
- 530-003 8:32 AM · 1 hr 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Patrick J. Buchanan, White House operator, Alvin E. O'Konski, Manolo Sanchez, Rose Mary Woods, Stephen B. Bull, John B. Connally, Ronald L. Ziegler, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 10:07 am.
- 006-013 8:42 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 8:42 am to 8:44 am.
- 006-015 8:46 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 8:46 am to 8:47 am.
- 006-016 8:47 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:47 am and 9:03 am.
- 006-017 9:03 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alvin E. O???Kinski talked on the telephone from 9:03 am to 9:06 am.
- 006-018 9:07 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:07 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 006-014, June 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-014 (accessed October 5, 2026).