Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-093
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on George P. Shultz
Wednesday, August 11, 1971 · 8:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon utilized the White House operator to facilitate a bridge connection between himself, his personal secretary Rose Mary Woods, and OMB Director George P. Shultz. The brief interaction served primarily as a logistical coordination to initiate a private consultation with Shultz. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this initial operator-assisted connection.
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NARA Description
On August 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-093 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-93
Date: August 11, 1971
Time: 8:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to Rose Mary Woods
George P. Shultz's return callAlso recorded on August 12, 1971
- 007-094 8:05 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 8:05 pm to 8:08 pm.
- 007-095 8:09 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:09 pm to 8:20 pm.
- 007-096 8:20 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:20 pm and 8:24 pm.
- 007-097 8:24 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald W. Reagan talked on the telephone from 8:24 pm to 8:28 pm.
- 007-098 8:28 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:28 pm and 8:36 pm.
- 007-099 8:36 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hobart D. Lewis talked on the telephone from 8:36 pm to 8:40 pm.
- 007-100 8:43 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:43 pm.
- 007-101 8:43 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 8:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-093, August 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-093 (accessed October 9, 2026).