Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-120
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Executive Office Building
Tuesday, August 17, 1971 · 2:28 PM–4:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon communicated with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call from his office in the Executive Office Building. This brief exchange served as a logistical step in the President's daily telephonic operations. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief interaction.
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NARA Description
On August 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 4:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-120 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 8-120
Date: August 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:28 pm and 4:12pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Executive Office Building [EOB]Also recorded on August 17, 1971
- 566-008 2:12 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:23 pm.
- 566-009 2:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:23 pm to 2:25 pm.
- 008-025 2:25 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:25 pm to 2:28 pm.
- 566-010 2:25 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:25 pm to 2:28 pm.
- 566-011 2:28 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:42 pm.
- 566-012 2:42 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:42 pm to 2:45 pm.
- 566-013 2:45 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:55 pm.
- 566-014 2:55 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:55 pm to 3:23 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 008-120, August 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-120 (accessed October 22, 2026).