Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 7 › Conversation 007-077

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Communications

Monday, August 9, 1971 · 8:49 AM–12:01 PM ET · White House Telephone ·7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation007-077 onTape 7 (tape position 02:48:12–02:48:22)StartMonday, August 9, 1971 at 8:49 AMEndMonday, August 9, 1971 at 12:01 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-077 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon placed a call through the White House operator to facilitate a connection to another party. The brief interaction served as an administrative bridge to initiate a subsequent, substantive conversation. No policy matters or significant decisions were addressed during this specific exchange.

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NARA Description

On August 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:49 am and 12:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-077 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 7-77

Date: August 9, 1971

Time: Unknown between 8:49 am and 12:01 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 557-4]

Also recorded on August 9, 1971

  • 557-001 8:52 AM · 3 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:52 am to 11:47 am.
  • 557-002 11:47 AM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 11:59 am.
  • 557-003 11:59 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:59 am to 12:02 pm.
  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 007-077, 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/007-077 (accessed September 18, 2026).