Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-171

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on AT&T and Haakon Ingolf Romnes

Wednesday, July 21, 1971 · 10:05 AM–2:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-171 on Tape 6 (tape position 04:02:33–04:02:46)StartWednesday, July 21, 1971 at 10:05 AMEndWednesday, July 21, 1971 at 2:39 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-171 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to Haakon Ingolf Romnes, the Chairman of the Board of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T). This request served as a preliminary administrative step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and the telecommunications executive. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief request.

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Yes, please.
Could you get me Mr. High Romnes, R-O-M-N-E-S, of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, please?
Yes, Mr. President.
Welcome.

NARA Description

On July 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 2:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-171 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-171

Date: July 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:05 am and 2:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 264-9]

     Call to Haakon Ingolf Romnes

Also recorded on July 21, 1971

  • 264-001 10:05 AM · 24 sec — 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 10:05 am and 10:21 am.
  • 264-002 10:05 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:21 am.
  • 264-003 10:21 AM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:21 am to 11:01 am.
  • 264-004 11:01 AM · 15 sec — 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 11:01 am and 11:05 am.
  • 264-005 11:05 AM · 2 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:05 am and 1:14 pm.
  • 264-006 1:14 PM · 9 sec — 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 1:14 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 264-007 1:14 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 264-008 1:14 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 2:39 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-171, July 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-171 (accessed October 12, 2026).