Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-030
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller
Wednesday, September 29, 1971 · 12:00 PM–7:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with an unidentified individual regarding the scheduling of a person named John. The call was briefly interrupted by the White House operator, though the brief transcript provides no substantive details beyond these logistical arrangements. No major policy decisions or significant developments were recorded during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On September 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 7:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-30
Date: September 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:00 pm and 7:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President conferred with an unknown person.
Instructions
-Unknown person's schedule
-John [Surname unknown]
The White House operator attempted to reach the President during the conferral.Also recorded on September 29, 1971
- 580-006 11:15 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:54 am.
- 580-010 11:54 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:54 am.
- 580-011 11:54 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:58 am.
- 580-013 11:55 AM · 1 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 1:08 pm.
- 010-028 11:58 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:58 am.
- 010-029 11:58 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:58 am to 12:00 pm.
- 010-031 11:58 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:58 am and 7:19 pm.
- 580-012 11:58 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:58 am to 12:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-030, September 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-030 (accessed October 2, 2026).