Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 42 › Conversation 042-101

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Crosby S. Noyes

Thursday, May 6, 1971 · 1:50 PM–2:24 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation042-101 on Tape 42 (tape position 02:31:53–02:32:02)StartThursday, May 6, 1971 at 1:50 PMEndThursday, May 6, 1971 at 2:24 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 042-101 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to journalist Crosby S. Noyes of the Washington Star. This brief administrative interaction served as the initiation of a personal communication between the President and the reporter. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection.

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Mr. Crosby Noyes of the Washington Star please.
Thank you sir.

NARA Description

On May 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-101 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 42-101

Date: May 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:50 pm and 2:24 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Crosby S. Noyes

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  • 042-100 1:49 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 1:49 pm to 1:50 pm.
  • 042-102 2:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Croby S. Noyes talked on the telephone from 2:24 pm to 2:26 pm.
  • 042-103 2:26 PM · 2 min — Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, unknown person(s), and John F. Evans, Jr.'s secretary talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 5:00 pm.
  • 493-018 2:30 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 5:05 pm.
  • 493-019 2:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 5:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 042-101, May 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/042-101 (accessed October 3, 2026).