Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 466 › Conversation 466-020

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Administrative requests

Thursday, March 11, 1971 · 6:35 PM ET · Oval Office ·2 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation466-020 onTape 466 (tape position 05:54:20–05:54:24)StartThursday, March 11, 1971 at 6:35 PMEndThursday, March 11, 1971 at 6:35 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 466-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to an individual identified as Mr. Jackson. The interaction serves as a brief administrative request to facilitate a direct line of communication. No further substantive discussion or policy developments occur during this brief exchange.

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Mr. Jackson, please.

NARA Description

On March 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 466-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 466-20

Date: March 11, 1971
Time: 6:35 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator

     Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon

Also recorded on March 11, 1971

  • 466-017 6:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:20 pm to 6:25 pm.
  • 466-018 6:25 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 466-019 6:25 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 466-021 6:35 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:35 pm.
  • 466-022 6:35 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:35 pm to 6:36 pm.
  • 466-023 6:41 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Warren E. Burger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:41 pm and 6:44 pm.
  • 466-024 6:44 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:44 pm and 6:48 pm.
  • 466-025 6:48 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, unknown person(s), Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, Peter M. Flanigan, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:48 pm and 7:17 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 466-020, March 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/466-020 (accessed September 18, 2026).