Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-186
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles E. Chamberlain
Thursday, July 22, 1971 · 5:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Charles E. Chamberlain of Michigan. This brief administrative interaction was intended to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Representative. No further discussion occurred during this recording segment as the operator proceeded to initiate the connection.
- Richard M. Nixon
- Charles E. Chamberlain
- White House operations
- Congressional relations
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NARA Description
On July 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-186 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 6-186
Date: July 22, 1971
Time: 5:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 543-3]
Call to Congressman Charles E. ChamberlainAlso recorded on July 22, 1971
- 543-002 5:05 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 5:16 pm.
- 543-003 5:16 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:16 pm.
- 543-004 5:16 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:16 pm.
- 543-005 5:17 PM · 53 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:17 pm and 5:35 pm.
- 066-001 5:18 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and bipartisan Senate leaders, including Peter G. Peterson, Clinton P. Anderson, Wallace F. Bennett, J. Caleb Boggs, Clifford P. Case, Carl T. Curtis, Paul J. Fannin, J. William Fulbright, Robert P. Griffin, Clifford P. Hansen, Roman L. Hruska, Jacob K. Javits, Warren G. ("Maggie") Magnuson, Jack R. Miller, Robert W. Packwood, Charles H. Percy, Abraham A. Ribicoff, Robert A. Best, and Thomas Vail, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 5:18 pm and 5:34 pm.
- 543-006 5:35 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Melvin R. Laird, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 6:20 pm.
- 006-187 5:38 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:38 pm.
- 543-007 6:20 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 6:25 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 006-186, July 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-186 (accessed October 9, 2026).