Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-127
Nixon phone call with Kennedy on Wage-price freeze and Economic policy
Sunday, August 15, 1971 · 10:03 PM–10:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and David M. Kennedy discussed the strategic necessity of the recently announced wage-price freeze, agreeing that proactive executive action was essential to preempt adverse Congressional intervention. They reviewed the domestic and international economic pressures that necessitated the decision, noting that delaying the measure would have been politically and economically disastrous. The conversation concluded with Nixon encouraging Kennedy to travel to Europe to manage the international diplomatic fallout and reassure foreign partners.
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NARA Description
On August 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and David M. Kennedy talked on the telephone from 10:03 pm to 10:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-127 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-127
Date: August 15, 1971
Time: 10:03 pm - 10:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with David M. Kennedy.
Wage-price freeze speech
-Kennedy's reaction
-Congress
-Wilbur D. Mills
-International monetary issue
-Kennedy's talk with John B. Connally and Paul A. Volcker
-Charles Coombs (?)
-Domestic issues
-Timing
Kennedy's schedule
-Cabinet meeting
-EuropeTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on August 15, 1971
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- 007-125 9:55 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:55 pm.
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- 007-128 10:05 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:05 pm.
- 007-129 10:06 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:06 pm to 10:21 pm.
- 007-130 10:21 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:21 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-127, August 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417189543). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-127 (accessed November 2, 2026).