Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-079

Nixon phone call with Safire

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 11:44 AM–11:45 AM ET · White House Telephone · 29 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Safire, William L.Conversation010-079 on Tape 10 (tape position 02:36:14–02:36:43)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 11:44 AMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 11:45 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-079 ↗

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NARA Description

On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 11:44 am to 11:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-079 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 10-79

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 11:44 am - 11:45 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with William L. Safire.

[See Conversation No. 278-30]

     Timing
          -President's schedule

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Yeah.

Mr. Sapphire, Mr. President.

Yeah.

Hello, Mr. President.

Just one small thing.

If you could move that up to 4 o'clock, it would be a little better.

Fine.

That will give me a...

I find I have to leave here about 5.30 or so.

Okay.

So that way...

But that's plenty soon, 4 o'clock.

Okay, fine.

I'll be ready.

Good.

And I think we've got a very good start.

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283-030 11:44 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:44 am to 11:45 am.
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283-031 11:46 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:46 am to 11:47 am.
010-081 11:47 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 11:55 am.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 010-079, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-079 (accessed November 1, 2026).