Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-052

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on J. Caleb Boggs

Monday, August 2, 1971 · 1:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation007-052 on Tape 7 (tape position 02:23:31–02:23:42)StartMonday, August 2, 1971 at 1:08 PMEndMonday, August 2, 1971 at 1:08 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-052 ↗

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Senator J. Caleb Boggs of Delaware. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate direct communication between the President and the Senator. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief exchange.

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Senator Boggs of Delaware, please.
Boggs.
Boggs of Delaware.
Caleb Boggs.
Thank you.

On August 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-052 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 7-52

Date: August 2, 1971
Time: 1:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 553-6K]

     Requested a call to J. Caleb Boggs
  • 007-051 1:00 PM · 3 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:08 pm.
  • 007-053 1:08 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:08 pm.
  • 007-054 1:17 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Caleb Boggs talked on the telephone from 1:17 pm to 1:18 pm.
  • 007-055 1:19 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:19 pm.
  • 007-056 1:19 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:19 pm.
  • 007-057 1:19 PM · 8 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 11:07 pm.
  • 007-058 1:19 PM · 28 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 11:07 pm.
  • 007-059 1:19 PM · 3 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 11:07 pm.

Conversation 007-052, 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/007-052 (accessed October 9, 2026).