Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-007

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William L. Safire

Thursday, October 7, 1971 · 8:24 PM–8:53 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-007 on Tape 11 (tape position 00:15:12–00:15:18)StartThursday, October 7, 1971 at 8:24 PMEndThursday, October 7, 1971 at 8:53 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to speechwriter William L. Safire. The exchange served exclusively as a procedural request to initiate communication with a member of the President's staff. No further substantive discussion took place during this brief interaction.

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Sapphire please.
Thank you sir.

NARA Description

On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:24 pm and 8:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 011-007

 Date: October 7, 1971
 Time: Unknown between 8:24 pm and 8:53 p.m
 Location: White House Telephone

 The President talked with the White House operator.

        Request for call to William L. Safire

Also recorded on October 8, 1971

  • 011-005 8:11 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:11 pm to 8:24 pm.
  • 011-006 8:24 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:24 pm and 8:45 pm.
  • 011-008 8:53 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 8:53 pm to 8:57 pm.
  • 011-009 8:57 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:57 pm.
  • 011-010 8:58 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:58 pm.
  • 011-011 8:58 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:58 pm and 9:03 pm.
  • 011-012 8:58 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:58 pm and 9:03 pm.
  • 011-013 8:58 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:58 pm and 9:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-007, October 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-007 (accessed October 6, 2026).