Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 8 › Conversation 008-068

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Robert H. Finch

Thursday, September 9, 1971 · 1:39 PM–1:48 PM ET · White House Telephone ·6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation008-068 onTape 8 (tape position 02:29:27–02:29:32)StartThursday, September 9, 1971 at 1:39 PMEndThursday, September 9, 1971 at 1:48 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-068 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with Robert H. Finch. This brief administrative exchange serves as the logistical precursor to an intended high-level conversation between the President and his counselor. The primary action item is the successful placement of this call to facilitate further discussion.

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It's a pinch, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On September 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 1:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-068 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-68

Date: September 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:39 pm and 1:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-8]

     Request for call to Robert H. Finch

Also recorded on September 9, 1971

  • 008-067 1:33 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone from 1:33 pm to 1:39 pm.
  • 278-005 1:33 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:33 pm.
  • 278-006 1:33 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:33 pm to 1:39 pm.
  • 278-007 1:39 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 278-008 1:39 PM · 7 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 1:39 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 008-069 1:48 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch talked on the telephone from 1:48 pm to 1:52 pm.
  • 278-009 1:48 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:48 pm to 1:52 pm.
  • 278-010 1:52 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:52 pm and 1:58 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-068, September 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-068 (accessed September 18, 2026).