Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-095

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Louie Welch and New Orleans

Wednesday, June 21, 1972 · 9:05 AM–9:10 AM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-095 on Tape 25 (tape position 04:07:38–04:07:57)StartWednesday, June 21, 1972 at 9:05 AMEndWednesday, June 21, 1972 at 9:10 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-095 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Louie Welch, the incoming mayor of New Orleans. The President clarified that Welch had recently been elected to the office and directed the operator to locate him in New Orleans to facilitate the connection. This brief administrative exchange served as the preparatory step for a direct communication between the President and the municipal official.

Audio

Download MP3 · 0.4 MB

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

Yes, please.
Would you get me Mr. Welch, Mayor Welch in New Orleans?
He's the new, the incoming mayor.
The new incoming one, Mr. President?
Yeah.
New Orleans, surely, sir.
You can get him there.
Surely will, sir.

NARA Description

On June 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 9:10 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-095 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-95

Date: June 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:05 and 9:10 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 739-1]

     Request for a call to Louie Welch
         -Mayor

Also recorded on June 21, 1972

  • 739-001 9:02 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:10 am.
  • 025-096 9:10 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:10 am.
  • 739-002 9:10 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:10 am.
  • 025-097 9:23 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Louie Welch talked on the telephone from 9:23 am to 9:25 am.
  • 739-003 9:23 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Louie Welch met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:23 am to 9:25 am.
  • 739-004 9:30 AM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Alexander P. Butterfield, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:30 am to 10:38 am.
  • 025-098 10:13 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:13 am and 10:22 am.
  • 025-099 10:22 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:22 am.

All 47 conversations from June 21, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-095, June 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-095 (accessed September 30, 2026).