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Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on White House logistics

Friday, May 7, 1971 · 4:32 PM–4:33 PM ET · Oval Office · 3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation495-024 on Tape 495 (tape position 03:31:18–03:31:40)StartFriday, May 7, 1971 at 4:32 PMEndFriday, May 7, 1971 at 4:33 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 495-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief administrative request to the White House operator to facilitate a connection to another party. This interaction serves as a routine logistical step to connect the President to a specific individual or location. No substantial policy discussions or significant political developments occur during this brief communication.

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Better come, my places.

NARA Description

On May 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 4:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 495-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 495-24

Date: May 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:32 pm and 4:33 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 2-122]

Also recorded on May 7, 1971

  • 495-021 2:57 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George Meany, and Willie J. Usery, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:57 pm to 4:14 pm.
  • 495-022 4:14 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:14 pm to 4:15 pm.
  • 495-023 4:16 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ernest V. Siracusa, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:16 pm to 4:32 pm.
  • 002-122 4:32 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 4:33 pm.
  • 495-025 4:32 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 4:33 pm.
  • 495-026 4:33 PM · 1 hr 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, John B. Connally, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:33 pm to 5:53 pm.
  • 002-123 4:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 4:39 pm to 4:47 pm.
  • 495-027 5:53 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:53 pm to 6:17 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 495-024, May 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/495-024 (accessed October 3, 2026).