Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-041
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on George P. Shultz
Monday, August 2, 1971 · 8:52 AM–9:42 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with George P. Shultz. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to initiate a direct conversation between the President and his Director of the Office of Management and Budget. No policy discussions occurred during this exchange, as its sole purpose was to establish the call.
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NARA Description
On August 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:52 am and 9:42 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-041 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-41
Date: August 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:52 am and 9:42 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 553-3A]
Requested a call to George P. ShultzAlso recorded on August 2, 1971
- 553-001 8:35 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 9:20 am.
- 553-002 8:35 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 9:20 am.
- 553-003 9:20 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), White House operator, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:20 am to 9:50 am.
- 007-042 9:42 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 9:42 am to 9:45 am.
- 007-043 9:45 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 12:00 pm.
- 007-044 9:45 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 12:00 pm.
- 553-004 9:50 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:55 am.
- 553-005 9:55 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald L. Warren met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:55 am to 9:56 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-041, August 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-041 (accessed October 9, 2026).