Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-058
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Gerald R. Ford
Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 8:03 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Congressman Gerald R. Ford. This brief exchange served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the House Minority Leader. No further substantive discussion occurred during this connection.
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:03 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-058 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-58
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 8:03 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 283-5]
Request for a call to Gerald R. FordAlso recorded on October 6, 1971
- 283-005 8:03 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:03 am.
- 010-059 8:05 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:05 am.
- 010-060 8:05 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:05 am.
- 010-061 8:05 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:05 am.
- 010-062 8:05 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:05 am.
- 283-006 8:05 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:05 am.
- 283-007 8:05 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:05 am.
- 283-008 8:05 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:05 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-058, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-058 (accessed October 1, 2026).