Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-116

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Monday, September 13, 1971 · 7:47 PM–7:51 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation008-116 on Tape 8 (tape position 05:28:45–05:28:51)StartMonday, September 13, 1971 at 7:47 PMEndMonday, September 13, 1971 at 7:51 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-116 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 645078903 ↗

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NARA Description

On September 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:47 pm and 7:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-116 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-116

Date: September 13, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:47 pm and 7:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

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Thanks, words please.
Thank you, sir.

Also recorded on September 13, 1971

  • 008-115 7:43 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 7:43 pm to 7:47 pm.
  • 276-013 7:43 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:43 pm to 7:47 pm.
  • 008-117 7:51 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 7:51 pm to 7:54 pm.
  • 276-014 7:51 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:51 pm to 7:54 pm.
  • 008-118 7:54 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:54 pm.
  • 008-119 7:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:55 pm to 7:58 pm.
  • 276-015 7:55 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:55 pm to 7:58 pm.
  • 276-016 7:58 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:58 pm and 8:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-116, September 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 645078903). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-116 (accessed November 7, 2026).