Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-039

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Thursday, September 16, 1971 · 11:15 AM–11:48 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation009-039 on Tape 9 (tape position 01:23:22–01:23:29)StartThursday, September 16, 1971 at 11:15 AMEndThursday, September 16, 1971 at 11:48 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-039 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a connection with George P. Shultz. The conversation serves solely as a logistical bridge to place the requested outgoing call. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occur during this brief exchange.

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Yes, please.
Schultz.
Yes.

NARA Description

On September 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:48 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-039 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-39

Date: September 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:15 am and 11:48 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-56]

     Request for call to George P. Shultz

Also recorded on September 16, 1971

  • 009-038 10:48 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and F. Edward Hébert talked on the telephone from 10:48 am to 10:57 am.
  • 278-051 10:48 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, F. Edward Hébert, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:48 am to 10:57 am.
  • 278-052 11:15 AM · 11 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 11:15 am and 11:48 am.
  • 278-053 11:15 AM · 2 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 11:15 am and 11:48 am.
  • 278-054 11:15 AM · 9 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 11:15 am and 11:48 am.
  • 278-055 11:15 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:48 am.
  • 278-056 11:15 AM · 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 11:15 am and 11:48 am.
  • 009-040 11:48 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 11:48 am to 11:50 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-039, September 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-039 (accessed October 12, 2026).