Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 8 › Conversation 008-090

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Hobart D. Lewis

Sunday, September 12, 1971 · 4:35 PM ET · White House Telephone ·10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation008-090 onTape 8 (tape position 03:58:53–03:59:04)StartSunday, September 12, 1971 at 4:35 PMEndSunday, September 12, 1971 at 4:35 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-090 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Hobart D. Lewis. The interaction served solely as a procedural request to initiate communication with the publisher. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief administrative exchange.

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Yes, please.
Could you get me Mr. Hobart Lewis, please?
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On September 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-090 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-90

Date: September 12, 1971
Time: 4:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis

Also recorded on September 12, 1971

  • 008-088 4:31 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:31 pm.
  • 008-089 4:31 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:31 pm.
  • 278-023 4:31 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 4:31 pm.
  • 278-024 4:31 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:31 pm.
  • 008-091 4:35 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:37 pm.
  • 008-092 4:37 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:37 pm.
  • 008-093 4:37 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch talked on the telephone from 4:37 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 278-026 4:37 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:37 pm to 4:55 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-090, September 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-090 (accessed September 18, 2026).