Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-115
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Patrick J. Buchanan
Wednesday, September 22, 1971 · 11:41 AM–12:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his special assistant and speechwriter, Patrick J. Buchanan. This brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate a direct line of communication with a key staff member. No policy matters or substantive discussions were addressed during this brief procedural 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 11:41 am and 12:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-115 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 9-115
Date: September 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:41 am and 12:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 279-10]
Request for call to Patrick J. BuchananAlso recorded on September 22, 1971
- 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.
- 009-114 11:39 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 11:39 am to 11:41 am.
- 279-009 11:39 AM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:39 am to 11:41 am.
- 279-010 11:41 AM · 7 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 11:41 am and 12:23 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 009-115, 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/009-115 (accessed October 12, 2026).