Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 536 › Conversation 536-002

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

Saturday, July 3, 1971 · 7:58 AM ET · Oval Office · 3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation536-002 on Tape 536 (tape position 00:24:00–00:24:14)StartSaturday, July 3, 1971 at 7:58 AMEndSaturday, July 3, 1971 at 7:58 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 536-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief communication with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with another party, though the specific recipient of the call remains unrecorded. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occurred during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On July 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 7:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 536-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 536-2

Date: July 3, 1971
Time: 7:58 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator

[See Conversation No. 6-114]

Also recorded on July 3, 1971

  • 006-114 7:20 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:20 am and 7:58 am.
  • 536-001 7:20 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:20 am and 7:58 am.
  • 006-115 7:58 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:58 am.
  • 006-116 7:58 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:58 am and 8:58 am.
  • 006-117 7:58 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:58 am and 8:58 am.
  • 536-003 7:58 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 7:58 am.
  • 536-004 8:00 AM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, George P. Shultz, and James D. Hodgson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:00 am to 9:55 am.
  • 006-118 8:28 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 8:28 am to 9:01 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 536-002, July 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/536-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).