Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 7 › Conversation 007-039

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on internal logistics

Friday, July 30, 1971 · 10:34 AM–12:09 PM ET · White House Telephone ·6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation007-039 onTape 7 (tape position 02:02:08–02:02:14)StartFriday, July 30, 1971 at 10:34 AMEndFriday, July 30, 1971 at 12:09 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-039 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as a routine administrative request to reach the First Lady directly. No further substantive policy or political matters were discussed during this exchange.

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Mrs. Nixon, please.
Mrs. Nixon?
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On July 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:34 am and 12:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-039 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 7-39

Date: July 30, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:34 am and 12:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 552-3C]

     Requested a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Also recorded on July 30, 1971

  • 067-002 9:54 AM · 2 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:10 am.
  • 067-003 9:54 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:10 am.
  • 067-004 9:54 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:10 am.
  • 067-005 9:54 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:10 am.
  • 067-006 9:54 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:10 am.
  • 067-007 9:54 AM · 22 sec — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:10 am.
  • 552-003 10:23 AM · 2 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), Louis Harris, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:23 am to 12:30 pm.
  • 007-038 10:27 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Louis Harris talked on the telephone from 10:27 am to 10:34 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 007-039, July 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-039 (accessed September 18, 2026).