Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-066

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on David N. Henderson

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 8:27 AM–8:28 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation010-066 on Tape 10 (tape position 02:21:53–02:22:03)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 8:27 AMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 8:28 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-066 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Congressman David N. Henderson of North Carolina. This brief administrative interaction serves as the preliminary step for the President to communicate directly with the Congressman. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this particular exchange.

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Congressman David Henderson of North Carolina, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:27 am and 8:28 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-066 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 10-66

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:27 am and 8:28 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 283-14]

     Request for a call to David N. Henderson

Also recorded on October 6, 1971

  • 283-011 8:22 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:22 am.
  • 283-012 8:22 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:22 am to 8:24 am.
  • 010-065 8:25 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Barry M. Goldwater talked on the telephone from 8:25 am to 8:27 am.
  • 283-013 8:25 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Barry M. Goldwater met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:25 am to 8:27 am.
  • 283-014 8:27 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:27 am.
  • 010-067 8:28 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and David N. Henderson talked on the telephone from 8:28 am to 8:32 am.
  • 283-015 8:28 AM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, David N. Henderson, White House operator, and Hugh Scott met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:28 am to 9:05 am.
  • 010-068 8:32 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:32 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 010-066, 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/010-066 (accessed October 8, 2026).