Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-102

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Nellie L. Yates

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 8:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation010-102 on Tape 10 (tape position 03:18:57–03:19:03)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 8:00 PMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 8:00 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-102 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Nellie L. Yates. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request for the operator to connect the President to his intended party. No substantive policy matters or further developments were discussed during the exchange.

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NARA Description

On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-102 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 10-102

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 284-18]

     Request for a call to Nellie L. Yates

Also recorded on October 7, 1971

  • 010-103 8:00 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:00 pm and 8:39 pm.
  • 284-018 8:00 PM · 2 min — 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 8:00 pm and 8:39 pm.
  • 284-019 8:00 PM · 8 min — 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 8:00 pm and 8:39 pm.
  • 284-020 8:00 PM · 7 min — 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 8:00 pm and 8:39 pm.
  • 010-104 8:39 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 8:39 pm to 8:40 pm.
  • 284-021 8:39 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:39 pm to 8:40 pm.
  • 284-022 8:40 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Safire, and Nellie L. Yates met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:40 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 010-105 8:54 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Nellie L. Yates talked on the telephone from 8:54 pm to 8:55 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 010-102, October 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-102 (accessed October 11, 2026).