Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-084
Nixon phone call with Safire on Phase II economic policy and Tax legislation
Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 2:09 PM–2:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon consults with speechwriter William Safire regarding the inclusion of legislative updates in an upcoming Phase II economic address. Nixon directs Safire to incorporate a segment urging the Senate to act promptly on a tax program already passed by the House, highlighting its potential for job creation. This addition serves to reinforce the administration's momentum on the "three-front program" of restraining prices, creating jobs, and stabilizing the dollar.
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 2:09 pm to 2:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-084 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-84
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 2:09 pm - 2:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with William L. Safire.
[See Conversation No. 283-40]
Phase II Speech
-Three-front program
-Job front
-House of Representatives
-Tax program
-SenateAlso recorded on October 6, 1971
- 010-083 2:09 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:09 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 010-084, 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/010-084 (accessed October 8, 2026).