Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 543 › Conversation 543-003

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Congressional relations

Thursday, July 22, 1971 · 5:16 PM ET · Oval Office · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation543-003 on Tape 543 (tape position 01:08:52–01:09:12)StartThursday, July 22, 1971 at 5:16 PMEndThursday, July 22, 1971 at 5:16 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 543-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a communication connection. The brief exchange focused on identifying and reaching a specific congressman from Michigan. The conversation served primarily as an administrative coordination effort to establish contact with the legislator.

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You've got a congressman, a chamberlain of Michigan police.

NARA Description

On July 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 543-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 543-3

Date: July 22, 1971
Time: 5:16 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 6-186]

Also recorded on July 22, 1971

  • 543-002 5:05 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 5:16 pm.
  • 006-186 5:16 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:16 pm.
  • 543-004 5:16 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:16 pm.
  • 543-005 5:17 PM · 53 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:17 pm and 5:35 pm.
  • 066-001 5:18 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and bipartisan Senate leaders, including Peter G. Peterson, Clinton P. Anderson, Wallace F. Bennett, J. Caleb Boggs, Clifford P. Case, Carl T. Curtis, Paul J. Fannin, J. William Fulbright, Robert P. Griffin, Clifford P. Hansen, Roman L. Hruska, Jacob K. Javits, Warren G. ("Maggie") Magnuson, Jack R. Miller, Robert W. Packwood, Charles H. Percy, Abraham A. Ribicoff, Robert A. Best, and Thomas Vail, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 5:18 pm and 5:34 pm.
  • 543-006 5:35 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Melvin R. Laird, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 6:20 pm.
  • 006-187 5:38 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:38 pm.
  • 543-007 6:20 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 6:25 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 543-003, July 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/543-003 (accessed October 9, 2026).