Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 16 › Conversation 016-021

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Milton R. Young

Monday, December 6, 1971 · 12:19 PM–12:49 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation016-021 on Tape 16 (tape position 00:51:47–00:51:56)StartMonday, December 6, 1971 at 12:19 PMEndMonday, December 6, 1971 at 12:49 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 016-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Senator Milton R. Young of North Dakota. This administrative request initiated the process of establishing contact between the President and the Senator for legislative or political consultation. The exchange served as a routine logistical step in the President's daily communication efforts.

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Senator Young, North Dakota.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:19 pm and 12:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 16-21

Date: December 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:19 pm and 12:49 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 630-7A]

     Request for a call to Milton R. Young

Also recorded on December 6, 1971

  • 630-002 12:02 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:02 pm to 12:06 pm.
  • 630-003 12:07 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John B. Connally, White House operator, Romana A. Banuelos, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:07 pm to 12:32 pm.
  • 016-020 12:18 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Romana A. Banuelos talked on the telephone from 12:18 pm to 12:19 pm.
  • 016-022 12:19 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:19 pm and 12:49 pm.
  • 630-004 12:32 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm.
  • 630-005 12:32 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm.
  • 630-006 12:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 12:39 pm.
  • 630-007 12:39 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, Milton R. Young, Stephen B. Bull, Willard Edwards, the White House photographer, and unknown person(s) from a National Broadcasting Channel (NBC) film crew met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:39 pm to 12:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 016-021, December 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-021 (accessed October 25, 2026).