Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 42 › Conversation 042-004

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 9:10 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation042-004 on Tape 42 (tape position 00:05:57–00:06:04)StartTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 9:10 AMEndTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 9:10 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 042-004 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417187763 ↗

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On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:10 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-004 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 42-4

Date: April 6, 1971
Time: 9:10 am
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

     Rose Mary Woods’ location

     Meeting with Marjorie P. Acker

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Yeah.
Mr. President, Mars hasn't heard from me yet.
Could Mars help you?
Mars can come in.
Surely.
I'll do that.
  • 042-002 8:54 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 8:54 am to 8:58 pm.
  • 042-003 8:54 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:54 am and 9:10 am.
  • 042-005 9:20 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 9:22 am.
  • 245-002 9:20 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:20 am to 9:59 am.
  • 042-006 9:22 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:22 am to 9:27 am.
  • 042-007 9:27 AM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:27 am and 9:59 am.
  • 042-008 9:59 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:59 am.
  • 042-009 9:59 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone from 9:59 am to 10:06 am.

Conversation 042-004, April 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417187763). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-004 (accessed October 31, 2026).