Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 258 › Conversation 258-025

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House operator

Wednesday, June 16, 1971 · 8:07 PM–8:22 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation258-025 on Tape 258 (tape position 00:41:19–00:41:24)StartWednesday, June 16, 1971 at 8:07 PMEndWednesday, June 16, 1971 at 8:22 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 258-025 ↗

AI Summary

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

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NARA Description

On June 16, 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 8:07 pm and 8:22 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 258-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 258-25

Date: June 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:07 pm and 8:22 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator

[See Conversation No. 5-100]

Also recorded on June 17, 1971

  • 258-019 8:07 PM · 24 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 8:07 pm and 8:22 pm.
  • 258-020 8:07 PM · 11 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 8:07 pm and 8:22 pm.
  • 258-021 8:07 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 8:07 pm and 8:22 pm.
  • 258-022 8:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:07 pm and 8:22 pm.
  • 258-023 8:07 PM · 8 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 8:07 pm and 8:22 pm.
  • 258-024 8:07 PM · 11 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 8:07 pm and 8:22 pm.
  • 005-101 8:22 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 8:22 pm to 8:25 pm.
  • 258-026 8:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:22 pm to 8:25 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 258-025, June 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/258-025 (accessed October 5, 2026).