Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 269 › Conversation 269-020

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Benjamin F. Biaggini

Tuesday, August 3, 1971 · 10:32 AM–10:34 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation269-020 on Tape 269 (tape position 02:16:00–02:17:24)StartTuesday, August 3, 1971 at 10:32 AMEndTuesday, August 3, 1971 at 10:34 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 269-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Benjamin F. Biaggini, the head of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the railroad executive. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this short administrative interaction.

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Mr. Viacony of the Senate Career Board, please.

NARA Description

On August 3, 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 10:32 am and 10:34 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 269-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 269-20

Date: August 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:32 am and 10:34 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Benjamin F. Biaggini of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company

Also recorded on August 3, 1971

  • 269-013 9:57 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. Hodgson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:57 am to 9:58 am.
  • 269-014 9:59 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Curtis Counts met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:59 am to 10:02 am.
  • 269-015 10:02 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 10:19 am.
  • 269-016 10:02 AM · 9 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 10:02 am and 10:19 am.
  • 269-017 10:02 AM · 3 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 10:02 am and 10:19 am.
  • 269-018 10:19 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:19 am to 10:32 am.
  • 269-019 10:32 AM · 32 sec — 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 10:32 am and 10:34 am.
  • 269-021 10:34 AM · 1 hr 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Henry A. Kissinger, John D. Ehrlichman, Andrey Pontier, Benjamin F. Biaggini, and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:34 am to 12:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 269-020, August 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/269-020 (accessed October 12, 2026).