Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-031

Nixon phone call with Tkach on Presidential health and Medical consultation

Monday, October 11, 1971 · 10:45 AM ET · White House Telephone · 22 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Tkach, Walter R.Conversation011-031 on Tape 11 (tape position 00:52:25–00:52:45)StartMonday, October 11, 1971 at 10:45 AMEndMonday, October 11, 1971 at 10:45 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-031 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417189961 ↗

A 22-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On October 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Walter R. Tkach talked on the telephone at 10:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-031 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 011-031

 Date: October 11, 1971
 Time: 10:45 am
 Location: White House Telephone

 The President talked with Dr. Walter R. Tkach.

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No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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  • 011-029 10:36 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:36 am and 10:45 am.
  • 011-030 10:36 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:36 am and 10:45 am.
  • 011-032 10:45 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 12:31 pm.
  • 287-008 11:25 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 11:25 am.
  • 588-001 11:25 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:31 am.
  • 588-002 11:31 AM · 2 hr 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Aldo Moro, Edgido Ortono, Henry A. Kissinger, Neil A. Seidenman, Stephen B. Bull, Americo Cortese, Peter Gay, Frank Montemuro, Paul Landi, Nicholas Cipriani, William Cercone, John A. Volpe, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, John N. Mitchell, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:31 am to 2:13 pm.

Conversation 011-031, October 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417189961). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-031 (accessed November 2, 2026).