Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-056
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Nell Yates
Wednesday, September 8, 1971 · 3:08 PM–7:40 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
A 13-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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NARA Description
On September 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-056 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 8-56
Date: September 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to Nellie L. Yates
Yates’ location
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 008-056, September 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 645078783). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-056 (accessed November 15, 2026).