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Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telecommunications

Monday, June 28, 1971 · 4:02 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation259-008 on Tape 259 (tape position 01:07:50–01:07:58)StartMonday, June 28, 1971 at 4:02 PMEndMonday, June 28, 1971 at 4:02 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 259-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief communication with the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. The interaction primarily functioned as a logistical request to facilitate a phone connection, though the specific details of the intended call remain unintelligible. No substantive policy or political decisions resulted from this brief administrative 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 4:02 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 259-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 259-8

Date: June 28, 1971
Time: 4:02 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator

     [Unintelligible]

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 259-008, 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/259-008 (accessed October 5, 2026).