Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-065
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Elliot L. Richardson
Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 1:59 PM–9:07 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Elliot L. Richardson on behalf of National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This administrative coordination facilitates communication between the President's key cabinet members and foreign policy advisors. No further substantive policy matters are discussed in this brief logistical exchange.
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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 1:59 pm and 9:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-065 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 011-065
Date: October 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:59 pm and 9:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 589-2A]
Request for call to Elliot L. Richardson for Henry A. KissingerAlso recorded on October 12, 1971
- 588-013 1:43 PM · 23 sec — Rose Mary Woods and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 1:55 pm.
- 588-014 1:43 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 1:55 pm.
- 011-064 1:55 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 1:55 pm to 1:59 pm.
- 588-018 1:55 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:55 pm to 1:59 pm.
- 011-066 1:59 PM · 2 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Elliot L. Richardson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 9:07 pm.
- 011-067 1:59 PM · 11 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 9:07 pm.
- 011-068 1:59 PM · 21 sec — the White House operator and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 9:07 pm.
- 011-069 1:59 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 9:07 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 011-065, 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/011-065 (accessed October 12, 2026).