Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 255 › Conversation 255-032

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Routine administration

Wednesday, June 9, 1971 · 9:25 AM–10:34 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation255-032 on Tape 255 (tape position 01:59:29–01:59:38)StartWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 9:25 AMEndWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 10:34 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 255-032 ↗

President Nixon interacts with a White House operator in his office at the Old Executive Office Building. The recording captures a brief, routine exchange that lacks substantive policy discussion or administrative decision-making. No meaningful developments occur during this brief interaction.

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On June 9, 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 9:25 am and 10:34 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 255-032 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 255-32

Date: June 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:25 am and 10:34 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator

[See Conversation No. 4-85]
  • 004-081 8:24 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:24 am to 8:25 am.
  • 004-082 8:25 AM · 25 sec — Rose Mary Woods and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:25 am and 8:35 am.
  • 255-028 8:25 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Marjorie P. Acker, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:25 am to 9:20 am.
  • 004-083 8:35 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 9:23 am.
  • 255-029 9:20 AM · 3 sec — 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 9:20 am and 9:23 am.
  • 004-084 9:23 AM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 9:23 am to 9:25 am.
  • 255-030 9:23 AM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:23 am to 10:29 am.
  • 004-085 9:25 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 10:24 am.

Conversation 255-032, June 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/255-032 (accessed September 27, 2026).