Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-017
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John K. Andrews, Jr.
Monday, August 16, 1971 · 9:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an urgent telephone call to John K. Andrews, Jr. and Raymond K. Price, Jr. This communication was intended to facilitate direct contact with members of his speechwriting staff. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief request for administrative assistance.
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NARA Description
On August 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 8-17
Date: August 16, 1971
Time: 9:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.Also recorded on August 17, 1971
- 008-015 9:05 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:05 pm and 9:07 pm.
- 008-016 9:07 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:07 pm to 9:10 pm.
- 008-018 9:34 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:34 pm.
- 008-019 9:35 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:35 pm to 9:38 pm.
- 008-020 9:38 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:38 pm and 9:40 pm.
- 008-021 9:39 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 9:39 pm to 9:40 pm.
- 008-022 9:40 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 9:40 pm to 9:42 pm.
- 008-023 9:42 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:42 pm and 9:54 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 008-017, August 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-017 (accessed October 12, 2026).