Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 260 › Conversation 260-022
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on presidential logistics
Friday, July 2, 1971 · 6:29 PM–6:31 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, two-minute meeting with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The interaction functioned primarily as a logistical exchange to connect the President with an outside party. No substantive policy discussions or major administrative decisions occurred during this brief window of communication.
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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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 6:29 pm and 6:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 260-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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Also recorded on July 2, 1971
- 006-107 6:10 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William E. Timmons, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 6:10 pm to 6:16 pm.
- 006-108 6:16 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 6:36 pm.
- 260-023 6:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:31 pm to 6:32 pm.
- 260-024 6:32 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 6:32 pm and 6:36 pm.
- 260-025 6:35 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Rose Mary Woods, and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:35 pm to 6:47 pm.
- 006-109 6:36 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. talked on the telephone from 6:36 pm to 6:37 pm.
- 006-110 6:50 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:05 pm.
- 006-111 7:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:05 pm to 7:08 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 260-022, 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/260-022 (accessed October 6, 2026).