Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-031
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H.R. Haldeman
Wednesday, September 29, 1971 · 11:58 AM–7:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
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.
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NARA Description
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 Aid
Conversation 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”) HaldemanAlso 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.
- 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.
- 010-030 12:00 PM · 7 sec — 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-031, 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/010-031 (accessed October 2, 2026).