Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-077

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 11:39 AM–11:44 AM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation010-077 on Tape 10 (tape position 02:35:59–02:36:07)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 11:39 AMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 11:44 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-077 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to speechwriter William L. Safire. The primary purpose of this communication was to establish contact with Safire for further discussion. No substantive policy matters or additional instructions were recorded during this brief administrative request.

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Sapphire, 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 11:39 am and 11:44 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-077 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 10-77

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:39 am and 11:44 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to William L. Safire

Also recorded on October 6, 1971

  • 010-076 11:36 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 11:36 am to 11:39 am.
  • 283-028 11:36 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:36 am to 11:39 am.
  • 010-078 11:39 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:44 am.
  • 283-029 11:39 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:44 am.
  • 010-079 11:44 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 11:44 am to 11:45 am.
  • 283-030 11:44 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:44 am to 11:45 am.
  • 010-080 11:46 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:46 am to 11:47 am.
  • 283-031 11:46 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:46 am to 11:47 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 010-077, 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/010-077 (accessed October 8, 2026).