Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 579 › Conversation 579-012

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on White House operator

Tuesday, September 28, 1971 · 5:51 PM–5:53 PM ET · Oval Office · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation579-012 on Tape 579 (tape position 04:12:06–04:12:20)StartTuesday, September 28, 1971 at 5:51 PMEndTuesday, September 28, 1971 at 5:53 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 579-012 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179035 ↗

A 9-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On September 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 579-012 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 579-12

Date: September 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 10-15]

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 010-015 5:51 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:51 pm.
  • 010-016 5:51 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 010-017 5:51 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 579-013 5:51 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 579-014 5:51 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 579-015 5:51 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 6:42 pm.
  • 010-018 5:53 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:53 pm to 5:54 pm.
  • 010-019 5:55 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:26 pm.

Conversation 579-012, September 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179035). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/579-012 (accessed November 4, 2026).