Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 251 › Conversation 251-052
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House…
Tuesday, April 20, 1971 · 2:38 PM–2:39 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, non-substantive interaction with a White House operator in the Old Executive Office Building. The exchange served primarily as a functional administrative check to facilitate telephonic communications. No policy matters or significant decisions were addressed during this brief encounter.
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NARA Description
On April 20, 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 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-052 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 251-52 Date: April 20, 1971 Time: Unknown between 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 42-59]
Also recorded on April 20, 1971
- 042-058 2:38 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:38 pm.
- 042-059 2:38 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm.
- 251-003 2:38 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:38 pm.
- 251-004 2:38 PM · 20 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 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm.
- 251-005 2:38 PM · 12 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 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm.
- 042-060 2:39 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:44 pm.
- 251-006 2:39 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:39 pm to 2:44 pm.
- 042-061 2:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leslie C. Arends talked on the telephone from 2:45 pm to 2:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 251-052, April 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-052 (accessed October 3, 2026).