Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-001

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Monday, July 26, 1971 · 3:07 PM–7:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation007-001 on Tape 7 (tape position 00:00:45–00:00:49)StartMonday, July 26, 1971 at 3:07 PMEndMonday, July 26, 1971 at 7:37 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-001 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417189291 ↗

A 4-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On July 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:07 pm and 7:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 7-1

Date: July 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:07 pm and 7:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Requested a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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  • 546-005 6:12 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:12 pm and 6:40 pm.
  • 007-002 7:37 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 7:37 pm to 7:41 pm.
  • 007-003 7:41 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:41 pm and 7:49 pm.
  • 007-004 7:49 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:49 pm to 8:01 pm.

Conversation 007-001, July 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417189291). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-001 (accessed November 1, 2026).