Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-116

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Harold D. Donohue

Saturday, July 3, 1971 · 7:58 AM–8:58 AM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-116 on Tape 6 (tape position 02:24:16–02:24:30)StartSaturday, July 3, 1971 at 7:58 AMEndSaturday, July 3, 1971 at 8:58 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-116 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a call to Congressman Harold D. Donohue. The President specified that Donohue was currently a patient at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. This brief exchange served to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Congressman.

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Congressman Harold Donahue.
Thank you, sir.
He's at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
At what hospital, sir?
Massachusetts General Hospital.
That's probably in Boston.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On July 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:58 am and 8:58 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-116 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-116

Date: July 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:58 am and 8:58 am

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 536-5]

     Call to Congressman Harold D. Donohue

Also recorded on July 3, 1971

  • 006-114 7:20 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:20 am and 7:58 am.
  • 536-001 7:20 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:20 am and 7:58 am.
  • 006-115 7:58 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:58 am.
  • 006-117 7:58 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:58 am and 8:58 am.
  • 536-002 7:58 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 7:58 am.
  • 536-003 7:58 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 7:58 am.
  • 536-004 8:00 AM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, George P. Shultz, and James D. Hodgson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:00 am to 9:55 am.
  • 006-118 8:28 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 8:28 am to 9:01 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-116, July 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-116 (accessed October 23, 2026).