Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-081

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Thursday, July 1, 1971 · 4:11 PM–5:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-081 on Tape 6 (tape position 01:28:23–01:28:30)StartThursday, July 1, 1971 at 4:11 PMEndThursday, July 1, 1971 at 5:09 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-081 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon utilized the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief communication served as a personal connection between the President and his wife. No substantive policy or political matters were addressed during this exchange.

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Thank you Mr. President.

NARA Description

On July 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:11 pm and 5:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-081 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-81

Date: July 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:11 pm and 5:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 261-37A]

     Call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Also recorded on July 1, 1971

  • 261-032 3:17 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:17 pm.
  • 261-033 3:18 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:18 pm to 3:22 pm.
  • 261-034 3:22 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 3:55 pm.
  • 261-035 3:55 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:25 pm.
  • 006-080 4:09 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 4:09 pm to 4:11 pm.
  • 261-036 4:25 PM · 1 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 4:25 pm and 5:09 pm.
  • 261-037 4:25 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:25 pm and 5:55 pm.
  • 261-041 5:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 6:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-081, 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/006-081 (accessed October 5, 2026).