Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-154
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Wilbur D. Mills
Monday, August 16, 1971 · 9:05 AM ET · White House Telephone · 25 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Congressman Wilbur D. Mills at his Arkansas residence. After the operator reported an inability to reach the Congressman, the President instructed the operator to stop pursuing him at that location. Nixon ultimately decided to leave instructions for Mills to return the call rather than continuing further attempts to track him down.
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NARA Description
On August 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:05 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-154 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-154
Date: August 16, 1971
Time: 9:05 am
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 564-3C]
Wilbur D. Mills’ location
Return call instructionsAlso recorded on August 16, 1971
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- 007-153 9:05 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:05 am.
- 007-155 9:50 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:01 am.
- 007-156 9:50 AM · 10 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:01 am.
- 007-157 10:01 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 10:01 am to 10:10 am.
- 007-158 10:10 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 11:48 am.
- 069-002 10:10 AM · 1 hr 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro Agnew, and Cabinet officers, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, David Packard, John N. Mitchell, William T. Pecora, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, John G. Veneman, George W. Romney, David M. Kennedy, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, George P. Shultz, George H. W. Bush, John N. Irwin, II, Charls E. Walker, J. Philip Campbell, James M. Beggs, James T. Lynn, Laurence H. Silberman, Richard C. Van Dusen, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Robert J. Brown, Paul W. McCracken, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Arthur F. Burns, General George A. Lincoln, Herbert Stein, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Frank J. Shakespeare, and Stephen B. Bull, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:10 am to 11:27 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-154, 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/007-154 (accessed October 12, 2026).