Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-096
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William E. Walk Jr.
Monday, September 20, 1971 · 2:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Judge William E. Walk, Jr. This interaction serves as a routine administrative request to facilitate direct communication between the President and the judge. No further substantive policy matters are discussed during this brief exchange.
- William E. Walk Jr.
- Administrative request
- White House operations
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NARA Description
On September 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-096 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 9-96
Date: September 20, 1971
Time: 2:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 577-7]
Request for call to William E. Walk, Jr.Also recorded on September 20, 1971
- 577-005 1:30 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 1:40 pm.
- 577-006 1:30 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 1:40 pm.
- 577-007 1:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 1:40 pm.
- 577-008 1:40 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William E. Walk, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:59 pm.
- 009-097 2:09 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Walk, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:09 pm to 2:12 pm.
- 577-009 3:00 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 3:01 pm.
- 076-004 3:01 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Security Council, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, John B. Connally, Gen George A. Lincoln, John N. Mitchell, Richard M. Helms, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, David Packard, John N. Irwin, II, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Col. Richard T. Kennedy, John H. Holdridge, and [Name withdrawn], met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 3:01 pm to 4:40 pm.
- 577-010 3:01 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 4:41 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 009-096, September 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-096 (accessed October 12, 2026).