Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-141
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House telephone system
Thursday, October 7, 1971 · 12:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 24 sec
AI Summary
This recording consists of a brief, twenty-three-second segment of a telephone connection that failed to materialize. No substantive dialogue or administrative decisions occurred during this brief engagement. The entry serves solely as a record of an unsuccessful attempt to initiate a call.
- White House telephone system
- administrative record
- unsuccessful communication
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On October 7, 1971, the recording device engaged at 12:02 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-141 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-141 Date: October 7, 1971 Time: 12:02 pm Location: White House Telephone Telephone call was not completed. ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Non-historical] [Duration: 23s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ******************************************************************************
Also recorded on October 7, 1971
- 010-123 11:51 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:51 am to 11:56 am.
- 010-124 11:56 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:56 am and 12:01 pm.
- 010-125 12:01 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 12:01 pm to 12:02 pm.
- 010-126 12:02 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:26 pm.
- 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.
- 010-128 12:28 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:28 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-141, 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/010-141 (accessed October 6, 2026).