Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-111

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Patrick J. Buchanan

Wednesday, September 22, 1971 · 10:53 AM–11:14 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation009-111 on Tape 9 (tape position 03:22:07–03:22:14)StartWednesday, September 22, 1971 at 10:53 AMEndWednesday, September 22, 1971 at 11:14 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-111 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Patrick J. Buchanan. This brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to facilitate communication between the President and his advisor. No substantive policy discussions or decisions were addressed during this interaction.

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NARA Description

On September 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-111 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-111

Date: September 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:53 am and 11:14 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 279-4]

     Call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Also recorded on September 22, 1971

  • 279-003 10:53 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:14 am.
  • 279-004 10:53 AM · 8 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 10:53 am and 11:14 am.
  • 279-005 10:53 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:14 am.
  • 009-112 11:14 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 11:14 am to 11:45 am.
  • 279-006 11:14 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:14 am to 11:25 am.
  • 009-113 11:25 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:39 am.
  • 279-007 11:25 AM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:39 am.
  • 279-008 11:25 AM · 3 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 11:25 am and 11:39 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-111, September 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-111 (accessed October 12, 2026).