Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-044
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H.R. Haldeman
Tuesday, September 7, 1971 · 7:06 PM–7:13 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief telephone communication through the White House operator to contact H.R. Haldeman. While the primary purpose was to reach his Chief of Staff, the recording captures unintelligible background chatter involving an unidentified individual. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions were documented during this short exchange.
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NARA Description
On September 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:06 pm and 7:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-044 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 8-44
Date: September 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:06 pm and 7:13 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator: an unknown man can be heard in the
background.
Request for call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
[Unintelligible]Also recorded on September 7, 1971
- 008-040 5:50 PM · 8 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 275-032 6:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 6:04 pm.
- 275-033 6:04 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:04 pm.
- 008-043 7:06 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:06 pm.
- 008-045 7:13 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:13 pm to 7:19 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 008-044, 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/008-044 (accessed October 10, 2026).