Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-105
Nixon phone call with Yates on Personal correspondence and Travel
Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 8:54 PM–8:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon placed a brief social call to Nellie L. Yates to wish her a pleasant vacation prior to her departure for Europe. During the conversation, Yates outlined her extensive travel itinerary, which included stops in London, Zurich, Austria, Italy, Morocco, and Portugal. The exchange concluded with Yates confirming that the President's ongoing work on an upcoming speech was progressing well.
- Personal correspondence
- Travel
- Speechwriting
- Social call
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Nellie L. Yates talked on the telephone from 8:54 pm to 8:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-105 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-105
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 8:54 pm - 8:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 284-22]
Nellie L. Yates’ return call
The President talked with Yates.
Yates
-Schedule
-Europe vacation
-ItineraryAlso recorded on October 7, 1971
- 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.
- 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.
- 010-106 9:18 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:18 pm.
- 010-107 9:18 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 9:18 pm to 9:19 pm.
- 285-003 9:18 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:18 pm to 9:19 pm.
- 010-108 9:23 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:23 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-105, 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/010-105 (accessed October 6, 2026).