Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 272 › Conversation 272-003

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Communication

Monday, August 9, 1971 · 12:55 PM–1:48 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation272-003 onTape 272 (tape position 00:10:07–00:10:33)StartMonday, August 9, 1971 at 12:55 PMEndMonday, August 9, 1971 at 1:48 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 272-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief administrative request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to George P. Shultz. The conversation consists solely of the President's instructions to connect him with Shultz, then serving as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. No further policy discussions or significant decisions occur during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On August 9, 1971, 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 12:55 pm and 1:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 272-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 272-003
Date: August 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:55 pm and 1:48 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to George P. Shultz

Also recorded on August 9, 1971

  • 007-078 12:02 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 12:02 pm to 12:03 pm.
  • 557-004 12:02 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:02 pm.
  • 557-005 12:02 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:02 pm to 12:04 pm.
  • 557-006 12:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:04 pm and 12:55 pm.
  • 272-001 12:55 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 272-002 12:55 PM · 1 min — 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 12:55 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 557-007 12:55 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 2:58 pm.
  • 272-004 1:48 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:48 pm to 1:58 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 272-003, August 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/272-003 (accessed September 18, 2026).