Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 7 › Conversation 007-009
Nixon phone call with Cook on Lockheed loan guarantee and Space program
Tuesday, July 27, 1971 · 2:49 PM–2:51 PM ET · White House Telephone ·2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated this call to Senator Marlow W. Cook to offer birthday wishes and discuss Cook's recent attendance at a space launch. The conversation quickly shifted to legislative concerns, specifically the precarious status of the Lockheed loan guarantee bill in the Senate. Nixon emphasized the importance of the legislation, and they strategized on avoiding the prolonged, unsuccessful floor tactics that previously doomed the Supersonic Transport (SST) project. Nixon directed the Senator to coordinate further efforts with Clark MacGregor.
- Lockheed loan guarantee
- Space program
- Senate legislative strategy
- Supersonic Transport (SST)
- Clark MacGregor
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NARA Description
On July 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Marlow W. Cook talked on the telephone from 2:49 pm to 2:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-9
Date: July 27, 1971
Time: 2:49 pm - 2:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Marlow W. Cook.
[See Conversation No. 548-3A]
Cook's birthday
Space shot [Apollo 13]
-Cook's trip to Cape Kennedy [Canaveral]
-The President's talk with the astronauts
-Possible problems
Lockheed bill
-Senate debate
-Adlai E. Stevenson, III's amendment
-Compared to Supersonic Transport [SST] vote
-Warren G. (“Maggie”) Magnuson
-Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson
-Importance
-Clark MacGregorAlso recorded on July 27, 1971
- 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.
- 007-010 2:51 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 7:42 pm.
- 007-011 2:51 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 7:42 pm.
- 007-012 2:51 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 7:42 pm.
- 548-004 3:06 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Edward B. ("Pete") Biester, Jr., James E. Wood, Joseph D. Ceader, Alton B. Chamberlain, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:06 pm to 3:10 pm.
- 548-005 3:10 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:10 pm.
- 548-006 3:10 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Durward G. ("Doc") Hall, Mrs. Durward G. ("Doc") Hall, Melanie Ellison, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:10 pm to 3:16 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-009, 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/007-009 (accessed September 18, 2026).