Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-130
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods
Sunday, August 15, 1971 · 10:21 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a direct phone call to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. This brief communication served solely as a logistical request to initiate the connection. No other policy matters or substantive discussions took place during the exchange.
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NARA Description
On August 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-130 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-130
Date: August 15, 1971
Time: 10:21 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Requested a call to Rose Mary WoodsAlso recorded on August 16, 1971
- 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.
- 007-131 10:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 10:22 pm to 10:23 pm.
- 007-132 10:23 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:23 pm.
- 007-165 10:23 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:23 pm.
- 007-133 10:24 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clifford M. Hardin talked on the telephone from 10:24 pm to 10:33 pm.
- 007-134 10:33 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:33 pm.
- 007-135 10:33 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II talked on the telephone from 10:33 pm to 10:37 pm.
- 007-166 10:33 PM · 1 min — the White House operator and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at 10:33 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-130, August 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-130 (accessed October 12, 2026).