Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-065

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Wright Patman

Friday, August 6, 1971 · 12:06 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation007-065 on Tape 7 (tape position 02:31:41–02:31:51)StartFriday, August 6, 1971 at 12:06 PMEndFriday, August 6, 1971 at 12:06 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-065 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Representative Wright Patman. The brief exchange addressed a dropped connection, with the operator confirming that she would reconnect the President to the Congressman immediately. This interaction served as an administrative step to ensure the President could proceed with a scheduled legislative or political discussion.

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Yes, please.
Do you have Wright-Pettman?
Mr. President, I had him.
I got him right back for you.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Somebody was in here.
I understand that, sir.
Fine.
Right away.

NARA Description

On August 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-065 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 7-65

Date: August 6, 1971
Time: 12:06 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 556-11]

     Inquired about the call to Wright Patman

Also recorded on August 6, 1971

  • 556-006 12:02 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:06 pm.
  • 556-007 12:02 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:06 pm.
  • 007-064 12:06 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:06 pm.
  • 556-008 12:06 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:06 pm.
  • 556-009 12:06 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John C. Whitaker, Russell E. Train, Robert Cahn, Gordon J. F. MacDonald, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:06 pm to 12:13 pm.
  • 556-010 12:13 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:13 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 556-011 12:13 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:13 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 556-012 12:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:16 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 007-065, August 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-065 (accessed October 23, 2026).