President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a high-level discussion between the President and one of his closest advisors. No further substantive conversation was captured in this recording.
On September 29, 1971, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-031 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 10-31
Date: September 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:58 am and 7:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) HaldemanNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.