Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-062

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Warren E. Burger

Friday, September 17, 1971 · 11:45 AM–4:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation009-062 on Tape 9 (tape position 01:59:57–02:00:05)StartFriday, September 17, 1971 at 11:45 AMEndFriday, September 17, 1971 at 4:28 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-062 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. The exchange focused exclusively on establishing this communication channel between the President and the Supreme Court. No further substantive matters were discussed during this brief operational request.

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Please.
Chief Justice knows you're going to not sleep.
Chief Justice Berger, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On September 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:45 am and 4:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-062 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-62

Date: September 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:45 am and 4:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 575-4A]

     Request for call to Warren E. Burger

Also recorded on September 17, 1971

  • 574-006 11:29 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:29 am to 11:41 am.
  • 574-007 11:41 AM · 27 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:41 am and 11:43 am.
  • 574-008 11:41 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), and Kay Gardella met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:41 am and 11:43 am.
  • 009-061 11:43 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Kay Gardella talked on the telephone from 11:43 am to 11:45 am.
  • 574-009 11:45 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Jack F. Kemp, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:45 am to 12:01 pm.
  • 574-010 12:01 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:01 pm to 12:05 pm.
  • 574-011 12:05 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Aida L. Gonzalez, Edwin R. Luther, Mrs. Edwin R. Luther, Frank K. Baker, Mrs. Albert E. Crowe, Mabel Marrs, Harold Davis, John Meek, Michael Wilson, Henry C. Cashen, II, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:05 pm to 12:14 pm.
  • 574-012 12:14 PM · 3 min — Alexander P. Butterfield and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 12:34 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-062, 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/009-062 (accessed October 23, 2026).