Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-067

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Friday, August 6, 1971 · 12:17 PM–12:20 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation007-067 on Tape 7 (tape position 02:32:48–02:33:04)StartFriday, August 6, 1971 at 12:17 PMEndFriday, August 6, 1971 at 12:20 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-067 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to facilitate two administrative actions: summoning Henry Kissinger to his Executive Office Building (EOB) suite and placing a call to Congressman Marvin L. Esch of Michigan. These instructions reflect the President’s management of his immediate scheduling and his outreach to key legislative figures. No policy decisions were recorded, as the conversation served strictly as a logistical coordination of the President's agenda.

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Have Kissinger come in.
Yes, Mr. President.
Yeah, hello.
No, I was talking to somebody.
Would you get me Marvin Esch, the congressman from Michigan, E-S-C-H. Marvin Esch.
Yes, Mr. President.
Thank you.
Mm-hmm.

NARA Description

On August 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-067 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 7-67

Date: August 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[The President conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time after 12:17 pm]

[See Conversation No. 556-15]

     Request for Henry A. Kissinger to come to the Executive Office Building [EOB] office

     Call to Marvin L. Esch

Also recorded on August 6, 1971

  • 007-066 12:16 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Wright Patman talked on the telephone from 12:16 pm to 12:17 pm.
  • 007-068 12:17 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 007-069 12:17 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 007-162 12:17 PM · 3 sec — the White House operator and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 556-014 12:17 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 556-015 12:17 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 556-016 12:17 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 556-017 12:17 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 007-067, August 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-067 (accessed October 9, 2026).