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

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Marlow W. Cook

Tuesday, July 27, 1971 · 1:14 PM ET · White House Telephone ·6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation007-007 onTape 7 (tape position 00:17:03–00:17:09)StartTuesday, July 27, 1971 at 1:14 PMEndTuesday, July 27, 1971 at 1:14 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Senator Marlow W. Cook. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to connect the President with the Senator for a subsequent discussion. No substantive political or policy matters were addressed during this specific connection process.

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Senator Marlo Cook.
Yes sir.

NARA Description

On July 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 7-7

Time: 1:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 547-11A]

     Requested a call to Marlow W. Cook

Also recorded on July 27, 1971

  • 547-008 12:03 PM · 40 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 547-009 12:15 PM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 1:09 pm.
  • 547-010 1:09 PM · 7 sec — Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:09 pm.
  • 547-011 1:10 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:10 pm to 1:37 pm.
  • 007-008 1:14 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:14 pm.
  • 548-001 2:20 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:20 pm to 2:25 pm.
  • 548-002 2:25 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:25 pm and 2:29 pm.
  • 548-003 2:29 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Marlow W. Cook, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:29 pm to 3:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 007-007, July 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-007 (accessed September 18, 2026).