Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-104

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Call handling

Sunday, September 12, 1971 · 5:53 PM–9:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation008-104 on Tape 8 (tape position 05:04:27–05:04:48)StartSunday, September 12, 1971 at 5:53 PMEndSunday, September 12, 1971 at 9:23 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-104 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to hold all incoming telephone calls until 11:30. This brief administrative communication served to clear the President's schedule for a period of uninterrupted work. No further topics were addressed during the brief exchange.

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Until 1130.
Yeah.
All right, Mr. President.
All right.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On September 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:53 pm and 9:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-104 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-104

Date: September 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:53 pm and 9:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Holding of calls

Also recorded on September 12, 1971

  • 008-100 5:15 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:15 pm to 5:31 pm.
  • 278-030 5:15 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:15 pm to 5:31 pm.
  • 008-101 5:31 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:33 pm.
  • 008-102 5:31 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:33 pm.
  • 278-031 5:31 PM · 16 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 5:31 pm and 5:33 pm.
  • 008-103 5:33 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:33 pm to 5:53 pm.
  • 278-032 5:33 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:33 pm to 5:53 pm.
  • 008-105 5:53 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:53 pm and 9:23 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-104, September 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-104 (accessed October 9, 2026).