Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-136
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 1:44 PM–3:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec
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On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:44 pm and 3:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-136 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 011-136
Date: October 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:44 pm and 3:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 292-4]
Request for call to Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Powell's schedule
-New York
-WaldorfTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on October 19, 1971
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- 292-002 1:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 292-003 1:45 PM · 54 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 1:45 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 292-004 1:45 PM · 45 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 1:45 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 292-005 1:45 PM · 2 min — 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 1:45 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 596-022 1:45 PM · 58 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 11:59 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 011-136, October 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190159). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-136 (accessed November 4, 2026).