Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 42 › Conversation 042-023

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Elliot L. Richardson

Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 1:51 PM–5:20 PM ET · White House Telephone ·3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation042-023 onTape 42 (tape position 00:24:10–00:24:17)StartTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 1:51 PMEndTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 5:20 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 042-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Elliot L. Richardson. This brief interaction serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate a direct communication between the President and a cabinet member. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief request for the connection.

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Dr. Richardson, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:51 pm and 5:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 42-23

Date: April 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:51 pm and 5:20 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Elliot L. Richardson

Also recorded on April 6, 1971

  • 001-006 12:14 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clifford M. Hardin, and Claude W. Gifford talked on the telephone from 12:14 pm to 12:17 pm.
  • 475-005 12:17 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 475-006 12:20 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Don Wright, Rogers C. B. Morton, Ted Stevens, Fritz Behren, Leonard Garment, Bradley H. Patterson, Jr., Barbara ("Bobbie") (Greene) Kilberg, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:20 pm to 12:25 pm.
  • 475-007 12:25 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:27 pm.
  • 476-001 12:27 PM · 9 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 8:59 pm.
  • 245-018 1:00 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:45 pm.
  • 042-021 1:50 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 1:50 pm to 1:51 pm.
  • 042-022 1:51 PM · 5 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:51 pm and 5:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 042-023, April 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/042-023 (accessed September 18, 2026).