Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-078

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Anatoly Dobrynin

Thursday, July 1, 1971 · 2:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 26 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-078 on Tape 6 (tape position 01:23:21–01:23:47)StartThursday, July 1, 1971 at 2:11 PMEndThursday, July 1, 1971 at 2:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-078 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator regarding his efforts to reach Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin. The operator reported that the ambassador was unavailable at the embassy, prompting Nixon to reschedule the contact attempt. The President directed that the operator follow up after 3:00 p.m. when he would be back in his office.

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Hello.
Mr. President, Ambassador Bryden has left the embassy.
He's out to lunch.
They were unable to locate him, but they're going to continue to try.
Could you tell them to return the call at 3 o'clock, please?
I'll be gone for a few minutes.
I'll be back at 3.
Anytime after 3, I'll be here.
Thank you, sir.
Between 3 and 4 o'clock.
All right, sir.

NARA Description

On July 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-078 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-78

Date: July 1, 1971
Time: 2:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 261-30]

     Anatoliy F. Dobrynin's location

Also recorded on July 1, 1971

  • 534-012 1:38 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 2:05 pm.
  • 534-013 2:02 PM · 4 min — unknown person(s) and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:02 pm and 2:11 pm.
  • 260-001 2:05 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:05 pm and 9:47 pm.
  • 260-002 2:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:05 pm and 9:47 pm.
  • 261-027 2:05 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:05 pm and 2:11 pm.
  • 261-030 2:11 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:11 pm.
  • 006-079 3:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin talked on the telephone from 3:14 pm to 3:16 pm.
  • 261-031 3:14 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:14 pm to 3:16 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-078, July 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-078 (accessed October 5, 2026).