Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 6 › Conversation 006-090

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Friday, July 2, 1971 · 4:02 PM–4:08 PM ET · White House Telephone ·8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation006-090 onTape 6 (tape position 01:48:33–01:48:38)StartFriday, July 2, 1971 at 4:02 PMEndFriday, July 2, 1971 at 4:08 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-090 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to speak with the First Lady, Pat Nixon. The primary objective of the interaction is to facilitate a personal connection between the President and his wife. The conversation concludes as the operator successfully connects the President to Mrs. Nixon.

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Mrs. Nixon, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On July 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-090 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-90

Date: July 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:02 pm and 4:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 260-4]

     Call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Also recorded on July 2, 1971

  • 260-003 4:01 PM · 10 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 4:01 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 260-004 4:01 PM · 1 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 4:01 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 261-052 4:02 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 537-003 4:02 PM · 2 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 006-091 4:08 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:08 pm to 4:12 pm.
  • 260-005 4:08 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:08 pm to 4:12 pm.
  • 260-006 4:12 PM · 2 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 4:12 pm and 4:14 pm.
  • 260-007 4:12 PM · 41 sec — 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 4:12 pm and 4:14 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-090, July 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-090 (accessed September 18, 2026).