Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-190

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House communication

Thursday, July 22, 1971 · 7:45 PM–7:52 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-190 on Tape 6 (tape position 04:43:02–04:43:17)StartThursday, July 22, 1971 at 7:45 PMEndThursday, July 22, 1971 at 7:52 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-190 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator William V. Roth. The President briefly corrects his initial error regarding the Senator's home state, specifying Delaware rather than Maryland. This exchange serves as a routine administrative request to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Senator.

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Senator Roth of Maryland please.
Thank you sir.
No, I mean of Delaware, I'm sorry.

NARA Description

On July 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:45 pm and 7:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-190 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-190

Date: July 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:45 pm and 7:52 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Senator William V. Roth

Also recorded on July 22, 1971

  • 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.
  • 543-008 6:25 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:25 pm to 6:46 pm.
  • 006-188 6:46 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:46 pm and 7:00 pm.
  • 543-009 6:46 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:46 pm.
  • 006-189 7:41 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert J. Dole talked on the telephone from 7:41 pm to 7:45 pm.
  • 006-191 7:45 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:45 pm and 7:52 pm.
  • 006-192 7:52 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 7:52 pm to 7:53 pm.
  • 006-193 7:55 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:55 pm and 8:07 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-190, 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/006-190 (accessed October 9, 2026).