Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 258 › Conversation 258-029

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Administrative…

Wednesday, June 16, 1971 · 8:36 PM–8:55 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation258-029 onTape 258 (tape position 00:45:57–00:46:22)StartWednesday, June 16, 1971 at 8:36 PMEndWednesday, June 16, 1971 at 8:55 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 258-029 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate outgoing telephonic communications from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. These brief interactions served as administrative exchanges to connect the President with other parties. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occurred during these recorded instances.

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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 8:36 pm and 8:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 258-029 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 258-29

Date: June 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:36 pm and 8:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator

[See Conversation No. 5-104]

                                                               Conversation
                                                               Conv. No. 258-27
                                                                            No. 258-30
                                                                                (cont.)

Date: June 16, 1971
Time: 8:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The White House operator talked with the President

[See Conversation No. 5-105]

Also recorded on June 17, 1971

  • 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.
  • 005-102 8:25 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:31 pm.
  • 005-103 8:31 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:31 pm to 8:36 pm.
  • 258-028 8:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:31 pm to 8:36 pm.
  • 005-104 8:36 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:36 pm and 8:55 pm.
  • 005-105 8:55 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:55 pm.
  • 258-030 8:55 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:55 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 258-029, 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/258-029 (accessed September 18, 2026).