Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-083
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William L. Safire
Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 2:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a call to his speechwriter, William L. Safire. This brief exchange served solely as a logistical directive to facilitate direct communication with a key staff member. No further substantive discussion took place between the President and the operator.
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-083 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-83
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 2:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked to the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 283-39]
Request for a call to William L. SafireAlso recorded on October 6, 1971
- 010-084 2:09 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 2:09 pm to 2:12 pm.
- 283-040 2:09 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:09 pm to 2:12 pm.
- 283-041 2:12 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 283-042 2:12 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 010-085 2:50 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:50 pm.
- 010-086 2:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 2:50 pm to 2:52 pm.
- 283-043 2:50 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:50 pm.
- 283-044 2:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 2:52 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-083, 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/010-083 (accessed October 8, 2026).