Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 532 › Conversation 532-021
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on White House switchboard
Wednesday, June 30, 1971 · 2:31 PM ET · Oval Office · 20 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to Cynthia Frank, a resident of Manchester, New Hampshire. The President provided the operator with the specific spelling of her surname and her location on Union Street to facilitate the connection. This administrative interaction highlights the President's personal utilization of the White House switchboard to initiate outgoing communications.
- Presidential communications
- White House switchboard
- Cynthia Frank
- Manchester New Hampshire
- Administrative operations
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NARA Description
On June 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 532-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 532-021
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Date: June 30, 1971
Time: 2:31 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 6-49]Also recorded on June 30, 1971
- 006-049 2:31 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:31 pm.
- 006-050 2:31 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:31 pm.
- 532-022 2:31 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:31 pm.
- 532-023 2:31 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Leonard Garment, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, John S. Davies, Cynthia Frink, Alexander P. Butterfield, Henry A. Kissinger, and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:31 pm to 3:07 pm.
- 006-051 2:32 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leonard Garment talked on the telephone from 2:32 pm to 2:36 pm.
- 006-052 2:36 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and 2:40 pm.
- 006-053 2:40 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John S. Davies talked on the telephone from 2:40 pm to 2:42 pm.
- 006-054 2:43 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Cynthia Frink talked on the telephone from 2:43 pm to 2:44 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 532-021, June 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/532-021 (accessed October 5, 2026).