Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-029
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Supreme Court appointments
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 9:45 AM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec
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On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-029
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 9:45 am
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
Telephone call from John N. Mitchell
[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 012-030, which has been merged with
conversation 012-029.]
John N. Mitchell talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 281-9]
Supreme Court appointments
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-The President’s decision
-Previous conversation with Mitchell
-The President's discussions
-Richard A. Moore
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-John D. Ehrlichman
-William L. Safire
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Timing for announcement
-Telephone calls to Congress
-People's Republic of China [PRC], Soviet Union
-Mitchell's responsibility
-Herschel H. Friday, Mildred L. Lillie
-James O. Eastland
-Virginia Senators
-Robert C. Byrd
-Moore
-John B. Connally
-Moore
-The President’s announcement
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Ziegler
-Possible questions
-Mildred L. Lillie story
-Washington Post
-Moore
-Safire
-Leon Jaworski
-Lawrence E. Walsh
-Mitchell’s forthcoming conversation
-William H. Rehnquist
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
-Civil disobedience
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Also recorded on October 21, 1971
- 281-008 9:39 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:39 am and 9:45 am.
- 012-030 9:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 9:45 am to 9:51 am.
- 281-009 9:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:45 am to 9:51 am.
- 012-031 9:51 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:51 am.
- 012-032 9:51 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:51 am.
- 281-010 9:51 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:06 am.
- 281-011 9:51 AM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:06 am.
- 281-012 9:51 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:06 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-029, October 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191569). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-029 (accessed November 1, 2026).