Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 269 › Conversation 269-024

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on I.W. Abel

Tuesday, August 3, 1971 · 12:00 PM–12:05 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation269-024 onTape 269 (tape position 03:48:21–03:48:45)StartTuesday, August 3, 1971 at 12:00 PMEndTuesday, August 3, 1971 at 12:05 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 269-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an urgent telephonic connection with I.W. Abel, the president of the United Steelworkers of America. This outreach was part of an effort to communicate directly with labor leadership regarding ongoing industrial relations or economic policy. No further details were recorded regarding the content of the subsequent call.

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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 12:00 pm and 12:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 269-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 269-24

Date: August 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:00 pm and 12:05 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to I[lworth] W[ilbur] Abel of the United Steelworker of America

Also recorded on August 3, 1971

  • 269-018 10:19 AM · 13 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 · 55 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.
  • 269-020 10:32 AM · 1 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 10:32 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.
  • 269-022 12:00 PM · 27 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 12:00 pm and 12:05 pm.
  • 269-023 12:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 12:05 pm.
  • 269-025 12:05 PM · 1 hr 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, I[lorwith] W. Abel, White House operator, Clark MacGregor, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:05 pm to 1:40 pm.
  • 269-026 1:40 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:47 pm.

All 51 conversations from August 3, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 269-024, 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/269-024 (accessed September 18, 2026).