Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-040

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Barry Goldwater

Tuesday, September 7, 1971 · 5:50 PM–5:56 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation008-040 on Tape 8 (tape position 01:28:10–01:28:18)StartTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 5:50 PMEndTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 5:56 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-040 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Senator Barry Goldwater. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to establish communication with the Senator. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief administrative interaction.

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Barry Goldrider?
Yes, sir.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On September 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-040 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-40

Date: September 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 275-29]

     Request for call to Barry M. Goldwater

Also recorded on September 7, 1971

  • 275-027 5:43 PM · 5 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 5:43 pm and 5:49 pm.
  • 275-028 5:43 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 5:50 pm.
  • 008-039 5:49 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 5:49 pm to 5:50 pm.
  • 008-041 5:50 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm.
  • 275-029 5:50 PM · 5 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 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm.
  • 275-030 5:50 PM · 13 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 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm.
  • 008-042 5:56 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:56 pm to 6:00 pm.
  • 275-031 5:56 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:56 pm to 6:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-040, 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/008-040 (accessed October 9, 2026).