Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 259 › Conversation 259-005
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telecommunications
Monday, June 28, 1971 · 2:48 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 18 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief interaction served an administrative purpose to initiate communication with another party. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were addressed during this short exchange.
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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 2:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 259-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 259-5 Date: June 28, 1971 Time: 2:48 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 6-3]
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 259-006 2:49 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:49 pm to 2:50 pm.
- 006-005 2:50 PM · 54 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 5:59 pm.
- 259-007 2:53 PM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:53 pm to 4:01 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 259-005, 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/259-005 (accessed October 5, 2026).