Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-104

Nixon phone call with Safire on Economic policy and Speechwriting

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 8:39 PM–8:40 PM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Safire, William L.Conversation010-104 on Tape 10 (tape position 03:19:13–03:19:32)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 8:39 PMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 8:40 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-104 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and William Safire discussed the status of an economic speech draft, with Safire confirming that the document had been reviewed and finalized without significant revisions. The President invited Safire to the White House from the Executive Office Building to review the work in person. This brief exchange served to coordinate the finalization and presentation of the administration's upcoming economic policy messaging.

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Hello.

Mr. Sapphire would like to speak with you, sir.

Yeah, hello.

All right.

There you are.

Hello.

Hello, sir.

Hi, Bill.

I have it all cleared and not badly mangled at all.

All right, fine.

You want to come over now?

Sure, any time.

All right.

Where are you at the... EOB.

Right, right there.

NARA Description

On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 8:39 pm to 8:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-104 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 10-104

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 8:39 pm and 8:40 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

     Call from William L. Safire

Safire talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 284-21]

     Economic speech draft
         -Safire's schedule

Also recorded on October 7, 1971

010-102 8:00 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:00 pm.
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.
284-021 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.
285-002 8:55 PM · 4 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 8:55 pm and 9:18 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 010-104, 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/010-104 (accessed October 6, 2026).