Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-060

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Kay Gardella

Friday, September 17, 1971 · 9:18 AM–11:43 AM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation009-060 on Tape 9 (tape position 01:57:51–01:58:08)StartFriday, September 17, 1971 at 9:18 AMEndFriday, September 17, 1971 at 11:43 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-060 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Kay Gardella, a television correspondent for the New York Daily News. The President identifies the journalist by her professional role to ensure the operator contacts the correct individual. This interaction serves as a brief administrative task to facilitate direct communication between the President and a member of the press.

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Would you get Ms. Kay Gardella of the New York Daily News, Gardella?

Yes.

She's a TV correspondent.

Thanks.

NARA Description

On September 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 11:43 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-060 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-60

Date: September 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:18 am and 11:43 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 574-6A]

     Request for call to Kay Gardella

Also recorded on September 17, 1971

574-001 8:44 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 9:08 am.
574-002 8:44 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 9:08 am.
009-057 9:08 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:08 am and 9:17 am.
574-003 9:08 AM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, White House operator, unknown person(s), Robert T. Stafford, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:08 am to 10:03 am.
009-058 9:17 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert T. Stafford talked on the telephone from 9:17 am to 9:18 am.
009-059 9:18 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 10:03 am.
574-004 10:04 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles S. Rhyne, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:04 am to 10:26 am.
574-005 10:26 AM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Maurice H. Stans, George P. Shultz, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, Corneliu Bogdan, Henry A. Kissinger, Manolo Sanchez, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:26 am to 11:29 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-060, September 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-060 (accessed September 26, 2026).