Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-063

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Gillespie V. Montgomery

Wednesday, August 4, 1971 · 1:59 PM–3:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation007-063 on Tape 7 (tape position 02:31:25–02:31:33)StartWednesday, August 4, 1971 at 1:59 PMEndWednesday, August 4, 1971 at 3:50 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-063 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Congressman Gillespie V. ("Sonny") Montgomery. This brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to initiate communication with the Representative. No substantive policy discussions took place during this specific segment of the recording.

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Yes, please.
Congressman Montgomery, please.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On August 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 3:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-063 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 7-63
Date: August 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:59 pm and 3:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Requested a call to Gillespie V. ("Sonny") Montgomery

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  • 554-005 1:43 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:43 pm to 1:55 pm.
  • 554-006 1:55 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, John C. Stennis, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:55 pm to 2:18 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 007-063, August 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-063 (accessed October 7, 2026).