Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-104

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Gerald R. Ford

Friday, July 2, 1971 · 5:40 PM–5:49 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation006-104 on Tape 6 (tape position 02:12:05–02:12:15)StartFriday, July 2, 1971 at 5:40 PMEndFriday, July 2, 1971 at 5:49 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-104 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with Congressman Gerald R. Ford for a telephone consultation. The brief exchange focused exclusively on initiating this communication, reflecting the President's effort to confer with key legislative leadership. No further substantive details regarding the purpose of the call were captured in this segment of the recording.

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Would you get me Mr. Gerald Ford, please?
Congressman Ford?
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On July 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 5:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-104 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-104

Date: July 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:40 pm and 5:49 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator; the President conferred with an unknown
person in the background.

[See Conversation No. 260-21B]

     Call to Gerald R. Ford

Also recorded on July 2, 1971

  • 006-101 5:26 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:26 pm to 5:33 pm.
  • 260-018 5:26 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:26 pm to 5:33 pm.
  • 006-102 5:33 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:33 pm and 5:39 pm.
  • 260-020 5:33 PM · 19 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 5:33 pm and 5:39 pm.
  • 006-103 5:39 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:39 pm to 5:40 pm.
  • 260-021 5:39 PM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:39 pm to 6:29 pm.
  • 006-105 5:49 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:49 pm.
  • 006-106 5:49 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:49 pm and 6:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-104, 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/006-104 (accessed October 6, 2026).