Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-075

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson

Sunday, August 8, 1971 · 8:09 PM–8:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation007-075 on Tape 7 (tape position 02:40:05–02:40:10)StartSunday, August 8, 1971 at 8:09 PMEndSunday, August 8, 1971 at 8:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-075 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417189439 ↗

A 5-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On August 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:09 pm and 8:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-075 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 7-75

Date: August 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:09 pm and 8:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Requested a call to Charles W. Colson

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 007-073 7:46 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:46 pm and 8:05 pm.
  • 007-074 8:05 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 8:05 pm to 8:09 pm.
  • 007-163 8:09 PM · 11 sec — the White House operator and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:09 pm and 8:11 pm.
  • 007-076 8:11 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:11 pm to 8:20 pm.

Conversation 007-075, August 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417189439). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-075 (accessed November 4, 2026).