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
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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. 011-056
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.
[See Conversation No. 288-12]
Request for call to George P. Shultz
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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 · 12 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 · 40 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 · 17 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 · 1 min — 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 (NAID 417190009). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-056 (accessed November 2, 2026).