Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-087
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ralph J. Perk and Cleveland
Wednesday, November 3, 1971 · 9:16 AM–9:19 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
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NARA Description
On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 9:19 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-087 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 013-087
Date: November 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:16 am and 9:19 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 301-7E]
Request for a call to Ralph J. PerkTranscript (AI-generated)
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- 013-084 9:12 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Frank L. Rizzo talked on the telephone from 9:12 am to 9:13 am.
- 013-085 9:13 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:16 am.
- 013-086 9:16 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:16 am.
- 013-088 9:19 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:19 am.
- 013-089 9:25 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ralph J. Perk talked on the telephone from 9:25 am to 9:26 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-087, November 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190389). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-087 (accessed November 1, 2026).