Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 283 › Conversation 283-006

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 8:05 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation283-006 on Tape 283 (tape position 00:18:21–00:18:46)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 8:05 AMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 8:05 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 283-006 ↗

President Nixon engaged in a brief, administrative exchange with the White House operator to facilitate a communication connection. The interaction serves as a routine procedural contact within the Executive Office Building to initiate further telephonic correspondence. No substantive policy matters or strategic decisions were finalized during this short logistical communication.

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On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:05 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 283-006 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 283-006

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 8:05 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 10-59]
  • 010-058 8:03 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:03 am.
  • 010-059 8:05 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:05 am.
  • 010-060 8:05 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:05 am.
  • 010-061 8:05 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:05 am.
  • 010-062 8:05 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:05 am.
  • 283-007 8:05 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:05 am.
  • 283-008 8:05 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:05 am.
  • 283-009 8:05 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:05 am.

Conversation 283-006, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/283-006 (accessed September 28, 2026).