Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-108
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William L. Safire
Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 9:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to speechwriter William L. Safire. The brief interaction served solely to facilitate this communication. No further substantive discussion occurred during the recorded segment.
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-108 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-108
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 9:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to William L. SafireAlso recorded on October 7, 1971
- 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.
- 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.
- 010-109 9:23 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 9:23 pm to 9:31 pm.
- 285-004 9:23 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:23 pm to 9:31 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-108, 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/010-108 (accessed October 6, 2026).