Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-080
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Dean Acheson
Wednesday, October 13, 1971 · 9:25 AM–12:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 22 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with Mrs. Dean Acheson. The brief exchange served as an administrative directive to facilitate a personal or formal communication with the widow of the former Secretary of State. No further substantive discussions or policy developments occurred during this brief request.
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NARA Description
On October 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 12:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-080 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 011-080
Date: October 13, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:25 am and 12:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 590-7B]
Request for call to Mrs. Dean G. AchesonAlso recorded on October 13, 1971
- 011-076 8:53 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:53 am and 9:09 am.
- 590-002 8:53 AM · 2 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Charles W. Colson, Ancher Nelsen, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:53 am and 11:06 am.
- 011-077 9:09 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:09 am to 9:13 am.
- 011-078 9:13 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:22 am.
- 011-079 9:22 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ancher Nelsen talked on the telephone from 9:22 am to 9:25 am.
- 011-164 9:25 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 12:37 pm.
- 590-003 11:06 AM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Walter E. Washington, Jerry V. Wilson, John D. Ehrlichman, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:06 am to 12:02 pm.
- 590-004 12:03 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry C. Clausen, Mrs. Henry C. Clausen, R. Lee Lockwood, Mrs. R. Lee Lockwood, Joshua K. Shepard, C. Fred Kleinknecht, George A. Newbury, Donald L. Witter, Harvey R. Doane, Sir Ralph Hone, Lady Sybil (Simond) Hone, R. A. Ingham Clark, Sir Basil McFarland, Sir Ian A. Johnson-Gilbert, Robert Burnett, William E. Timmons, Henry C. Cashen, II, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:03 pm to 12:14 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 011-080, October 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-080 (accessed September 28, 2026).