Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-048

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard H. Poff

Tuesday, October 5, 1971 · 5:21 PM–5:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation010-048 on Tape 10 (tape position 01:32:44–01:32:51)StartTuesday, October 5, 1971 at 5:21 PMEndTuesday, October 5, 1971 at 5:29 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-048 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Richard H. Poff. This brief administrative exchange serves to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Congressman. No substantive policy discussions occur during this brief operator-assisted connection.

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Congressman Poff, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On October 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-048 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 10-48

Date: October 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:21 pm and 5:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 585-15B]

     Request for a call to Richard H. Poff

Also recorded on October 5, 1971

  • 585-010 5:15 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:19 pm.
  • 585-011 5:15 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:19 pm.
  • 585-012 5:15 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:19 pm.
  • 585-013 5:15 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:19 pm.
  • 010-046 5:18 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:18 pm to 5:19 pm.
  • 585-014 5:18 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:18 pm to 5:19 pm.
  • 585-015 5:19 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John B. Connally, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Richard H. Poff met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:19 pm to 5:39 pm.
  • 010-047 5:20 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:20 pm to 5:21 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 010-048, October 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-048 (accessed September 28, 2026).