Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-087
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Edward J. Dwyer
Sunday, September 19, 1971 · 7:07 PM–9:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 30 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator regarding the handling of two pending telephone calls. He explicitly stated there was no urgency for him to speak with either Edward J. Dwyer or William E. Walk, Jr. Consequently, no immediate action or connection was requested for these individuals.
- Phone calls
- Edward J. Dwyer
- William E. Walk, Jr.
- White House operations
Audio
NARA Description
On September 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 9:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-087 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 9-87
Date: September 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:07 pm and 9:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with White House operator.
Phone calls
-Edward J. Dwyer
-William E. Walk, Jr.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on September 19, 1971
- 009-082 6:40 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:40 pm and 6:54 pm.
- 009-083 6:54 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 6:54 pm to 6:56 pm.
- 009-084 6:56 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:56 pm and 6:58 pm.
- 009-085 6:58 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward W. Brooke talked on the telephone from 6:58 pm to 7:00 pm.
- 009-086 7:02 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William W. Keeler talked on the telephone from 7:02 pm to 7:07 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 009-087, September 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417189793). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-087 (accessed November 2, 2026).