Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-067

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Clark MacGregor

Friday, September 17, 1971 · 7:55 PM–7:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation009-067 on Tape 9 (tape position 02:08:27–02:08:34)StartFriday, September 17, 1971 at 7:55 PMEndFriday, September 17, 1971 at 7:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-067 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Clark MacGregor, his Counsel to the President for Congressional Relations. This brief communication serves as the administrative bridge to facilitate a direct discussion between the President and his congressional liaison. No further policy-related discourse or substantive decisions were recorded during this brief connection request.

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Mr. McGregor, please.

NARA Description

On September 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:55 pm and 7:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-067 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-67

Date: September 17, 1971

Time: Unknown between 7:55 pm and 7:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Clark MacGregor

Also recorded on September 17, 1971

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  • 575-006 4:41 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 4:43 pm.
  • 575-007 4:43 PM · 1 hr 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, Manolo Sanchez, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Eugene V. Risher met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:43 pm to 6:24 pm.
  • 009-065 7:48 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:48 pm.
  • 009-066 7:51 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stan Smith talked on the telephone from 7:51 pm to 7:55 pm.
  • 009-068 7:59 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:59 pm.
  • 009-069 7:59 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:59 pm and 8:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-067, September 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/009-067 (accessed October 12, 2026).