Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-128
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William L. Safire
Thursday, October 7, 1971 · 12:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an outgoing call to speechwriter William L. Safire. The brief interaction serves solely as a logistical request to initiate contact with Safire. No further substantive policy discussions occur during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-128 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-128
Date: October 7, 1971
Time: 12:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 285-19]
Request for a call to William L. SafireAlso recorded on October 7, 1971
- 285-017 12:16 PM · 5 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 12:16 pm and 12:26 pm.
- 285-018 12:16 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:16 pm to 12:27 pm.
- 010-127 12:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 12:26 pm to 12:27 pm.
- 010-129 12:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 12:28 pm to 12:31 pm.
- 285-019 12:28 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:28 pm.
- 285-020 12:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:28 pm to 12:31 pm.
- 010-130 12:31 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:48 pm.
- 285-021 12:31 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 12:31 pm and 12:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-128, 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/010-128 (accessed October 6, 2026).