Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 258 › Conversation 258-051

Nixon & Campbell on Personnel management and John Ehrlichman

Wednesday, June 23, 1971 · 3:43 PM–3:48 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Campbell, J. PhilipConversation258-051 on Tape 258 (tape position 01:14:04–01:15:15)StartWednesday, June 23, 1971 at 3:43 PMEndWednesday, June 23, 1971 at 3:48 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 258-051 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Under Secretary of Agriculture J. Philip Campbell to express personal appreciation for his recent performance and regional outreach efforts. During the brief exchange, Nixon encouraged Campbell to increase his administrative visibility and impact within the administration. The President further directed Campbell to communicate specific feedback regarding these outreach efforts to John Ehrlichman.

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You're out of Wisconsin, I understand.
That's great.
I guess I'll tell you that I'm sitting here doing some of my reading, and I came across the reoccurrence you made at the meeting, because I thought your secretary was sound, very effectively spoken of by Chief Wilson.
I just want to thank you for it, and I'm very pleased that, as Jihari has done in our team,
No, sir.
You've got to really step up.
And you and others, I take an impact in the same way.
I'm trying to get him into something.
You might tell John that the impact was really quite uncomfortable.
Assign that to him.
well we appreciate your artwork out there give those people out there my best

NARA Description

On June 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and J. Philip Campbell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 3:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 258-051 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 258-51

Date: June 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:43 pm and 3:48 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with J. Philip Campbell

[See Conversation No. 5-150]
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Also recorded on June 23, 1971

  • 005-149 3:36 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:36 pm.
  • 258-049 3:36 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:36 pm.
  • 005-150 3:41 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 3:41 pm to 3:43 pm.
  • 005-151 3:43 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 3:48 pm.
  • 258-052 3:43 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 3:48 pm.
  • 005-152 3:48 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:48 pm to 3:49 pm.
  • 258-053 3:48 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:48 pm to 3:49 pm.
  • 258-011 3:49 PM · 15 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 3:49 pm and 4:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 258-051, June 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/258-051 (accessed October 5, 2026).