Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-106

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William E. Timmons

Friday, July 2, 1971 · 5:49 PM–6:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-106 on Tape 6 (tape position 02:12:42–02:12:50)StartFriday, July 2, 1971 at 5:49 PMEndFriday, July 2, 1971 at 6:10 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-106 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to William E. Timmons, then serving as the Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations. The brief exchange served as a logistical coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and Timmons. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this connection attempt.

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No, no, let me do it.
Yes, please.
Timmons.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On July 2, 1971, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-106 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-106

Date: July 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:49 pm and 6:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 260-21E]

     Call to William E. Timmons

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.
  • 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.
  • 006-104 5:40 PM · 10 sec — 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.
  • 006-105 5:49 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:49 pm.
  • 006-107 6:10 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William E. Timmons, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 6:10 pm to 6:16 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-106, 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/006-106 (accessed October 6, 2026).