Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 251 › Conversation 251-049
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telecommunications
Tuesday, May 4, 1971 · 1:11 PM–1:12 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief administrative request to the White House operator regarding an incomplete telecommunications connection. He instructs the operator to terminate the current attempt and place a follow-up call. The interaction concludes without further substantive policy discussion.
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NARA Description
On May 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:11 pm and 1:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-049 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 251-49 Date: May 4, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:11 pm and 1:12 pm Location: Executive Office Building The White House operator talked with the President [See Conversation No. 42-85]
Also recorded on May 4, 1971
- 490-017 12:35 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Jeane L. Dixon, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 1:11 pm.
- 042-084 1:11 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:11 pm and 1:12 pm.
- 042-085 1:11 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:11 pm and 1:12 pm.
- 251-048 1:11 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:11 pm to 1:12 pm.
- 251-050 1:11 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:11 pm and 1:12 pm.
- 490-019 1:11 PM · 53 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:11 pm and 2:05 pm.
- 042-086 1:12 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William B. Macomber, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:12 pm to 1:13 pm.
- 251-051 1:12 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William B. Macomber, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:12 pm to 1:13 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 251-049, May 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-049 (accessed October 3, 2026).