Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-071
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Clark MacGregor
Thursday, September 9, 1971 · 2:03 PM–2:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
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On September 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:03 pm and 2:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-071 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 8-71
Date: September 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:03 pm and 2:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 278-12]
Requested a call to Clark MacGregorTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on September 9, 1971
- 008-070 1:58 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 1:58 pm to 2:03 pm.
- 278-011 1:58 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 2:03 pm.
- 278-012 2:03 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:03 pm and 2:05 pm.
- 008-072 2:05 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 2:05 pm to 2:08 pm.
- 278-013 2:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:05 pm to 2:08 pm.
- 008-073 2:08 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:08 pm and 2:11 pm.
- 008-074 2:08 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:08 pm and 2:11 pm.
- 278-014 2:08 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:08 pm and 2:11 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 008-071, September 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 645078813). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-071 (accessed November 4, 2026).