Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-032

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on James D. Hughes

Tuesday, September 7, 1971 · 5:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation008-032 on Tape 8 (tape position 01:07:46–01:07:58)StartTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 5:09 PMEndTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 5:09 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-032 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Major General James D. Hughes. This brief administrative interaction served as the initiation of a direct communication line between the President and his military aide. The conversation concluded immediately after the operator acknowledged the request.

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Could you get me General Hughes, please?
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On September 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-032 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-32

Date: September 7, 1971
Time: 5:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 275-18]

     Request for call to Maj. Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes

Also recorded on September 7, 1971

  • 008-033 5:09 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:09 pm.
  • 275-018 5:09 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:09 pm.
  • 275-019 5:09 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:09 pm and 5:11 pm.
  • 008-034 5:11 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ralph D. Albertazzie talked on the telephone from 5:11 pm to 5:12 pm.
  • 275-020 5:11 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ralph D. Albertazzie met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:11 pm to 5:12 pm.
  • 008-035 5:12 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:12 pm.
  • 275-021 5:12 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:12 pm.
  • 008-036 5:13 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:13 pm to 5:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-032, September 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-032 (accessed October 10, 2026).