Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 6 › Conversation 006-016

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alvin E. O'Konski

Tuesday, June 29, 1971 · 8:47 AM–9:03 AM ET · White House Telephone ·6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation006-016 onTape 6 (tape position 00:11:35–00:11:41)StartTuesday, June 29, 1971 at 8:47 AMEndTuesday, June 29, 1971 at 9:03 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Alvin E. O'Konski of Wisconsin. This brief exchange serves as the administrative initiation of a conversation between the President and the Representative. No substantive policy matters or further directives are discussed beyond the scheduling of this connection.

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Okonski of Wisconsin.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:47 am and 9:03 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-16

Date: June 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:47 am and 9:03 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 530-3D]

     Call To Congressman Alvin E. O'Konski

Also recorded on June 29, 1971

  • 006-012 8:32 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 8:42 am.
  • 530-002 8:32 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 8:42 am.
  • 530-003 8:32 AM · 1 hr 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Patrick J. Buchanan, White House operator, Alvin E. O'Konski, Manolo Sanchez, Rose Mary Woods, Stephen B. Bull, John B. Connally, Ronald L. Ziegler, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 10:07 am.
  • 006-013 8:42 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 8:42 am to 8:44 am.
  • 006-014 8:45 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:45 am.
  • 006-015 8:46 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 8:46 am to 8:47 am.
  • 006-017 9:03 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alvin E. O???Kinski talked on the telephone from 9:03 am to 9:06 am.
  • 006-018 9:07 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:07 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-016, June 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-016 (accessed September 18, 2026).