Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-005

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Nelson A. Rockefeller

Monday, July 26, 1971 · 8:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation007-005 on Tape 7 (tape position 00:16:41–00:16:50)StartMonday, July 26, 1971 at 8:05 PMEndMonday, July 26, 1971 at 8:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. This brief administrative interaction served as the initiation for the President to consult with the Governor. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief exchange.

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Try Governor Rockefeller, please.

NARA Description

On July 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 7-5

Date: July 26, 1971
Time: 8:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Requested a call to Nelson A. Rockefeller

Also recorded on July 27, 1971

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  • 547-002 9:05 AM · 5 sec — unknown person(s) and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:05 am.
  • 547-003 9:05 AM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, James D. ("Don") Hughes, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 10:35 am.
  • 547-004 10:35 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:35 am.
  • 547-005 10:36 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alfred P. Chamie, Norman Conn, James B. Williams, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:36 am to 11:03 am.
  • 547-006 11:05 AM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Soedjatmoko, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:05 am to 11:32 am.
  • 547-007 11:53 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Mamie G. Eisenhower, John B. Connally, Mary T. Brooks, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:53 am to 12:03 pm.
  • 547-008 12:03 PM · 40 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 12:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 007-005, July 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-005 (accessed October 9, 2026).