Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-029

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Walter R. Tkach

Monday, October 11, 1971 · 10:36 AM–10:45 AM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-029 on Tape 11 (tape position 00:52:17–00:52:22)StartMonday, October 11, 1971 at 10:36 AMEndMonday, October 11, 1971 at 10:45 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-029 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with his personal physician, Dr. Walter R. Tkach. This brief administrative interaction served as a routing request to facilitate direct communication with the President's medical staff. No other substantive policy or political matters were discussed during this exchange.

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Yep.
The cash, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On October 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:36 am and 10:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-029 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 011-029

Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

 Date: October 11, 1971
 Time: Unknown between 10:36 am and 10:45 am
 Location: White House Telephone

 The President talked with the White House operator.

 [See Conversation No. 287-7B]

        Request for call to Dr. Walter R. Tkach

 [Conversation 11-30 originally began here but has been merged with 11-29.]

 The President conferred with Manolo Sanchez.

        Request for an item

Also recorded on October 11, 1971

  • 011-028 10:28 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:28 am to 10:30 am.
  • 287-007 10:28 AM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, Walter R. Tkach, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:28 am to 11:25 am.
  • 011-030 10:36 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:36 am and 10:45 am.
  • 011-031 10:45 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Walter R. Tkach talked on the telephone at 10:45 am.
  • 011-032 10:45 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 12:31 pm.
  • 287-008 11:25 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 11:25 am.
  • 588-001 11:25 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:31 am.
  • 588-002 11:31 AM · 2 hr 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Aldo Moro, Edgido Ortono, Henry A. Kissinger, Neil A. Seidenman, Stephen B. Bull, Americo Cortese, Peter Gay, Frank Montemuro, Paul Landi, Nicholas Cipriani, William Cercone, John A. Volpe, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, John N. Mitchell, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:31 am to 2:13 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-029, October 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-029 (accessed October 19, 2026).