Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 255 › Conversation 255-039

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on administrative logistics

Wednesday, June 9, 1971 · 4:35 PM–4:48 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation255-039 on Tape 255 (tape position 04:13:22–04:13:39)StartWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 4:35 PMEndWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 4:48 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 255-039 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon engages in a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This exchange functions as a routine logistical step to connect the President with a desired party. No substantive policy matters or decisions are documented in this short request for assistance.

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NARA Description

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 4:35 pm and 4:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 255-039 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 255-39

Date: June 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:35 pm and 4:48 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator

[See Conversation No. 4-100]

Also recorded on June 9, 1971

  • 004-099 4:04 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 4:04 pm to 4:17 pm.
  • 004-100 4:17 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:17 pm and 4:38 pm.
  • 004-101 4:17 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:17 pm and 4:38 pm.
  • 004-102 4:38 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William F. ("Billy") Graham, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 4:38 pm to 4:48 pm.
  • 255-040 4:38 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William F. ("Billy") Graham, Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald W. Reagan, John D. Ehrlichman, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:38 pm to 5:18 pm.
  • 004-103 4:50 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald W. Reagan, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 4:50 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 004-104 4:55 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 4:55 pm to 5:00 pm.
  • 004-105 5:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 5:15 pm to 5:18 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 255-039, 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/255-039 (accessed September 27, 2026).