Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-011
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Paul W. Keyes
Tuesday, September 14, 1971 · 8:27 PM–8:56 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with Paul W. Keyes. This call served as a logistical step to facilitate communication between the President and Keyes. No substantive political or policy discussions took place during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On September 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:27 pm and 8:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 9-11
Date: September 14, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:27 pm and 8:56 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to Paul W. KeyesAlso recorded on September 15, 1971
- 009-009 8:16 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:16 pm and 8:20 pm.
- 009-010 8:20 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:20 pm to 8:27 pm.
- 009-012 8:56 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone from 8:56 pm to 8:59 pm.
- 277-001 8:56 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:56 pm and 8:59 pm.
- 009-013 9:16 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone from 9:16 pm to 9:18 pm.
- 277-002 9:16 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:16 pm to 9:18 pm.
- 009-014 10:19 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:19 am and 11:59 am.
- 277-003 11:05 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:05 am to 11:15 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 009-011, September 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-011 (accessed October 9, 2026).