Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 528 › Conversation 528-009

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Personal correspondence

Thursday, June 24, 1971 · 10:58 AM ET · Oval Office · 40 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation528-009 on Tape 528 (tape position 03:14:16–03:18:03)StartThursday, June 24, 1971 at 10:58 AMEndThursday, June 24, 1971 at 10:58 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 528-009 ↗

President Nixon instructs the White House operator to relay a personal message of well-wishes to an unidentified individual. He emphasizes his intent to return to the golf course as soon as possible. The interaction concludes quickly as the operator departs for a television appearance.

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I'll tell you, I will not be able to do television, but I just want to recall wishing well.
You tell him that the president is coming to get back to the golf course as soon as he can.
Okay, you tell him yourself, because I've got to go over to do a TV show right now.

On June 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 528-009 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 528-9
                                                             Conv. No. 528-16/529-1 (cont.)
Date: June 24, 1971
Time: 10:58 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 5-158]

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[Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under deed of gift 01/15/2020. Segment cleared for
release.]
[Privacy]
[528-009-w001]
[Duration: 4s]

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[End of telephone call]
  • 005-157 10:45 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Byrnes talked on the telephone from 10:45 am to 10:47 am.
  • 005-158 10:58 AM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:58 am.
  • 528-010 10:58 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:01 am.
  • 528-011 10:58 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:01 am.
  • 528-012 10:58 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:01 am.
  • 528-013 10:58 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:01 am.
  • 528-017 11:01 AM · 38 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 11:17 am.
  • 528-019 11:01 AM · 24 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 11:17 am.

Conversation 528-009, June 24, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/528-009 (accessed October 10, 2026).