Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-053
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on George E. Allen
Tuesday, October 5, 1971 · 9:44 PM–9:50 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to George E. Allen. The brief exchange served solely as a request for the operator to facilitate this connection. No further policy discussions or significant developments were recorded during the interaction.
Audio
part A, 1:56:12
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 01:56:12 to 02:03:55 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.
NARA Description
On October 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:44 pm and 9:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-053 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-53
Date: October 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:44 pm and 9:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to George E. AllenTranscript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
Also recorded on October 5, 1971
- 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.
- 010-048 5:21 PM · 7 sec — 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.
- 010-049 5:29 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard H. Poff talked on the telephone from 5:29 pm to 5:33 pm.
- 010-050 5:33 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:33 pm and 9:25 pm.
- 585-016 5:39 PM · 35 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:39 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 010-051 9:25 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:25 pm.
- 010-052 9:25 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:25 pm to 9:44 pm.
- 010-054 9:50 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George E. Allen talked on the telephone from 9:50 pm to 9:51 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-053, 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/010-053 (accessed November 12, 2026).