Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 260 › Conversation 260-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House…

Friday, July 2, 1971 · 4:01 PM–4:08 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation260-004 on Tape 260 (tape position 00:39:41–00:40:56)StartFriday, July 2, 1971 at 4:01 PMEndFriday, July 2, 1971 at 4:08 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 260-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled communication with the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. While the specific substance of the exchange remains unrecorded, the interaction reflects the President's routine engagement with his administrative staff to facilitate external connectivity. No substantive policy decisions or administrative directives resulted from this brief operational interaction.

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NARA Description

On July 2, 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 4:01 pm and 4:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 260-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 260-4

Date: July 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:02 pm and 4:08 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 6-90]

Also recorded on July 2, 1971

  • 260-003 4:01 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:01 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 006-090 4:02 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 261-052 4:02 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 537-003 4:02 PM · 2 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 006-091 4:08 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:08 pm to 4:12 pm.
  • 260-005 4:08 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:08 pm to 4:12 pm.
  • 260-006 4:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 4:14 pm.
  • 260-007 4:12 PM · 2 min — 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 4:12 pm and 4:14 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 260-004, July 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/260-004 (accessed October 5, 2026).