Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 259 › Conversation 259-003

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Steve Bowles

Monday, June 28, 1971 · 1:40 PM–2:47 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation259-003 on Tape 259 (tape position 00:04:24–00:04:37)StartMonday, June 28, 1971 at 1:40 PMEndMonday, June 28, 1971 at 2:47 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 259-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to facilitate a connection with Steve Bowles. The interaction serves as a routine administrative request to place a telephone communication. No further substantive policy matters or political discussions were recorded in this brief exchange.

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Steve Bowles, please.

NARA Description

On June 28, 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 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 259-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 259-3

Date: June 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator

[See Conversation No. 6-1]

Also recorded on June 28, 1971

  • 259-001 1:40 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 259-002 1:40 PM · 57 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 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 531-001 1:40 PM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 4:32 pm.
  • 006-002 2:47 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:47 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 259-004 2:47 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:47 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 006-003 2:48 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:48 pm.
  • 259-005 2:48 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:48 pm.
  • 006-004 2:49 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:49 pm to 2:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 259-003, June 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/259-003 (accessed October 5, 2026).