Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-043

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Barry Goldwater

Wednesday, June 30, 1971 · 9:50 AM–9:59 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-043 on Tape 6 (tape position 00:52:41–00:52:48)StartWednesday, June 30, 1971 at 9:50 AMEndWednesday, June 30, 1971 at 9:59 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-043 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to Senator Barry M. Goldwater. The brief exchange served as a logistical bridge to initiate contact between the President and the Senator. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this operator interaction.

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Senator, go water, please.

NARA Description

On June 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:59 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-043 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-43

Date: June 30, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:50 am and 9:59 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Senator Barry M. Goldwater

Also recorded on June 30, 1971

  • 006-042 9:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, F. Edward Hébert, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 9:45 am to 9:50 am.
  • 006-044 9:50 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:59 am.
  • 532-007 9:54 AM · 1 min — unknown person(s) and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 9:59 am.
  • 006-045 9:59 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Barry M. Goldwater talked on the telephone from 9:59 am to 10:00 am.
  • 532-008 9:59 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Barry M. Goldwater, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:59 am and 10:02 am.
  • 006-046 10:01 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:01 am.
  • 006-047 10:02 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:02 am.
  • 532-009 10:02 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:02 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-043, June 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-043 (accessed October 11, 2026).