Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-132
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Administrative procedures
Thursday, October 7, 1971 · 12:51 PM–1:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to terminate a pending telephone call. This brief exchange reflects the President's administrative oversight regarding his outgoing communications. No substantive policy matters were discussed, and the call was successfully cancelled per his request.
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NARA Description
On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-132 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-132
Date: October 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 285-23]
Cancelled callAlso recorded on October 7, 1971
- 010-131 12:48 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 12:48 pm to 12:51 pm.
- 285-022 12:48 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:48 pm to 12:51 pm.
- 285-023 12:51 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 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm.
- 285-024 12:51 PM · 9 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 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm.
- 010-133 1:02 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:02 pm.
- 010-134 1:02 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 1:02 pm to 1:03 pm.
- 285-025 1:02 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:02 pm to 1:03 pm.
- 010-135 1:03 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Marjorie P. Acker, and William L. Safire talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 1:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-132, 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/010-132 (accessed October 12, 2026).