Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 750 › Conversation 750-009

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Telecommunications

Friday, July 21, 1972 · 4:09 PM–4:10 PM ET · Oval Office · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation750-009 on Tape 750StartFriday, July 21, 1972 at 4:09 PMEndFriday, July 21, 1972 at 4:10 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 750-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate a separate call, identified in the internal finding aids as Conversation 27-37. No substantive policy matters or major decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.

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NARA Description

On July 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and 4:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 750-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 750-9

Date: July 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:09 pm and 4:10 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 27-37]

Also recorded on July 21, 1972

  • 027-036 4:07 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 4:07 pm to 4:09 pm.
  • 750-008 4:07 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:07 pm to 4:09 pm.
  • 027-037 4:09 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 4:09 pm to 4:10 pm.
  • 027-038 4:10 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:10 pm to 4:13 pm.
  • 750-010 4:10 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:10 pm to 4:13 pm.
  • 027-039 4:13 PM · 14 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 4:13 pm on July 21, 1972 and 11:55 am on July 24, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 750-011 4:13 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:20 pm.
  • 750-012 4:13 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:20 pm.

All 35 conversations from July 21, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 750-009, July 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/750-009 (accessed September 21, 2026).