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Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Telecommunications

Friday, June 4, 1971 · 3:10 PM–3:11 PM ET · Oval Office · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation512-023 on Tape 512 (tape position 03:50:56–03:51:01)StartFriday, June 4, 1971 at 3:10 PMEndFriday, June 4, 1971 at 3:11 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 512-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief communication through the White House operator to be connected to an external party. The operator acknowledges the request to place the call, which serves as a routine administrative task for the President. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occur during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On June 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:11 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 512-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 512-23

Date: June 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:10 pm and 3:11 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator

[See Conversation No. 4-33]

Also recorded on June 4, 1971

  • 255-005 2:54 PM · 2 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 2:54 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 004-033 3:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 512-020 3:10 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 512-021 3:10 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 512-022 3:10 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 004-034 3:11 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:11 pm to 3:12 pm.
  • 512-024 3:11 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:11 pm to 3:12 pm.
  • 512-025 3:14 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Henry A. Kissinger, Dwight L. Chapin, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:14 pm to 3:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 512-023, June 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/512-023 (accessed September 27, 2026).