Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-014
Nixon phone call with Rogers on Taiwan and United Nations
Tuesday, October 26, 1971 · 1:50 PM–1:51 PM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directs Secretary of State William P. Rogers to emphasize during an upcoming call with Governor Ronald Reagan that the United States remains committed to recognizing Taiwan as a member of the international community. The President highlights that Reagan was recently impressed by a meeting with Chiang Kai-shek and seeks to ensure the Secretary's public stance on the impending United Nations vote aligns with this support. This guidance serves to manage Reagan's potential reaction to shifts in U.S. policy regarding Taiwan's status at the UN.
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NARA Description
On October 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 1:50 pm to 1:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 013-014
Date: October 26, 1971
Time: 1:50 pm - 1:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with William P. Rogers.
Rogers’ forthcoming call to Reagan
-Rogers’ statement on United Nations [UN] vote on Taiwan
-Chiang Kai-shek
-Previous visit with ReaganAlso recorded on October 26, 1971
- 013-012 1:41 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 1:41 pm to 1:47 pm.
- 013-013 1:47 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 1:50 pm.
- 303-003 1:47 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 1:50 pm.
- 303-004 1:47 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 1:50 pm.
- 303-005 1:47 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 1:50 pm.
- 303-006 1:50 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:50 pm to 1:51 pm.
- 303-007 1:51 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:51 pm and 2:49 pm.
- 303-008 1:51 PM · 1 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:51 pm and 2:49 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-014, October 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-014 (accessed October 5, 2026).