Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-006

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Nelson Rockefeller

Tuesday, July 27, 1971 · 8:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation007-006 on Tape 7 (tape position 00:16:50–00:17:03)StartTuesday, July 27, 1971 at 8:05 PMEndTuesday, July 27, 1971 at 8:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an urgent contact with New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Upon learning that the Governor was dining at the Knickerbocker Hotel, the President instructed the operator to attempt to place the call immediately. This brief exchange reflects the administrative process involved in the President's efforts to reach high-level political associates.

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Governor... Hello?
Mr. President, Governor Rockefeller is out to dinner at the Knickerbocker Hotel.
He should be there now.
Would you like me to try and reach him?
Yes, I think, uh... All right.
Fine.

NARA Description

On July 27, 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 007-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 7-6

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

The White House operator talked with the President.

     Nelson A. Rockefeller's location

Also recorded on July 28, 1971

  • 007-014 8:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 8:07 pm to 8:09 pm.
  • 265-001 8:12 PM · 2 hr 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:12 pm and 11:36 pm.
  • 265-002 8:12 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:12 pm and 11:36 pm.
  • 265-003 8:12 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:12 pm and 11:36 pm.
  • 007-015 8:31 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:31 pm to 8:33 pm.
  • 007-016 8:33 PM · 49 sec — United States Secret Service agents and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 8:33 pm on July 27, 1971 and 9:02 am on July 28, 1971.
  • 265-004 11:36 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 11:36 pm on July 27, 1971 and 9:00 am on July 28, 1971.
  • 549-001 9:00 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:02 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 007-006, July 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-006 (accessed October 9, 2026).