Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 11 › Conversation 011-056

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on George P. Shultz

Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 10:04 AM–10:14 AM ET · White House Telephone ·8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-056 onTape 11 (tape position 01:28:15–01:28:23)StartTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 10:04 AMEndTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 10:14 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-056 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to George P. Shultz, who was serving as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget at the time. This brief administrative exchange serves as the logistical precursor to a subsequent policy or personnel discussion between the President and Shultz. No substantive policy decisions or political developments are finalized during this specific interaction.

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Please.

Schultz please.

Thank you sir.

NARA Description

On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 10:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-056 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 11-56

Date: October 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:04 am and 10:14 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)




[See Conversation No. 288-12]

     Request for call to George P. Shultz

Also recorded on October 12, 1971

011-055 9:58 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 9:58 am to 10:04 am.
288-012 10:04 AM · 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 10:04 am and 10:14 am.
011-057 10:14 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 10:14 am to 10:16 am.
288-013 10:14 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:14 am to 10:16 am.
011-058 10:16 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:31 am.
288-014 10:16 AM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:31 am.
288-015 10:16 AM · 14 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 10:16 am and 10:31 am.
288-016 10:16 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:16 am to 10:31 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-056, October 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-056 (accessed September 18, 2026).